One of this empire's kings exchanged gifts with Akhenaton as recorded in the Amarna letters, against the wishes of the Kassite rulers to the south who claimed that king as a vassal.
One of this empire's kings exchanged gifts with Akhenaton as recorded in the Amarna letters, against the wishes of the Kassite rulers to the south who claimed that king as a vassal. Another king, Tukulti-Ninurta I, captured the Kassite king. Tiglath-Pileser III ruled this empire at its greatest extent, and created a standing army with which he overthrew a Chaldean usurper in Babylon. Other rulers of this empire include Shalmaneser and Sennacherib, who subjugated Palestine and had a massive tribute sent to Ninevah in exchange for the sparing of Jerusalem. FTP, name this ancient Mesopotamian empire, whose other rulers included Assurbanipal.
One of this empire's kings exchanged gifts with Akhenaton as recorded in the Amarna letters, against the wishes of the Kassite rulers to the south who claimed that king as a vassal.
{Assyria}n Empire