 The most notable Syrian Neo-Hittite kingdoms were those at Carchemish and Melid.These Syro-Hittite states gradually fell under the control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–608 BCE).Carchemish and Melid were made vassals of Assyria under Shalmaneser III (858–823 BCE), and fully incorporated into Assyria during the reign of Sargon II (722–705 BCE).