Leaders+of+the+Assyrians

__**Assyrian Leaders:**__ 1. Tukulti Nintur was the first leader of the Assyrians. 2. Shalmaneser III 3. Tilglath-Pileser III 4. King Sennacherib 5. King Esarhaddon 6. King Ashurbanipal
 * Reigned from 858-824 BC
 * Gained control of Mediterranean trade routes
 * Assyrian monarch from 744-727 BC
 * Expanded Assyrian dominance by conquering Syria and Israel.
 * Became king of Babylonia
 * Reigned from 704-681 BC.
 * Destroyed Babylonia in 689 BC
 * He built one of the libraries containing clay tablets discovered in 1850
 * King Sennacherib's son
 * Ruled from 680-669 BC
 * Rebuilt Babylonia
 * Took over part of Egypt
 * Grandson of King Sennacherib
 * Was the Monarch when the Assyrians were conquered.
 * He also built a clay tablet library.

(above) Depiction of Ashurbanipal

(above) Depiction of Tiglath-Pileser III Back