Forces of this state were defeated at Qarqar by a coalition including King Ahab and Damascus in 853 B.C., but that coalition 
Forces of this state were defeated at Qarqar by a coalition including King Ahab and Damascus in 853 B.C., but that coalition was later destroyed by Tiglath-pileser III, a king of this state. One rebellion in Palestine against this state was crushed by Sargon II, but this state was forced to besiege Lachish and Jerusalem to defeat a second rebellion by Judah against Sargon's son Sennacherib. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian empire which had its capital at Ashur and later Nineveh and was conquered by the Babylonian empire.
Forces of this state were defeated at Qarqar by a coalition including King Ahab and Damascus in 853 B.C., but that coalition was later destroyed by Tiglath-pileser III, a king of this state.