Siege of Samaria

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The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian military campaign
military siege
associatedWith “Ten Lost Tribes” of Israel
capitalOf Kingdom of Israel
cause rebellion of the Kingdom of Israel against Assyrian rule
combatant Kingdom of Israel
Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
commander Sargon II
Shalmaneser V
conflict Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
countryInvolved Kingdom of Israel
Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
date 722 BCE
era Iron Age II
followedBy Assyrian resettlement policies in former Israelite territories
formation of Assyrian provinces in the former Kingdom of Israel
geographicalContext central highlands of ancient Palestine
languageOfPrimarySources Akkadian
Hebrew
linkedTo Assyrian policy of mass deportations
expansion of Assyrian provincial administration in the west
locatedIn Kingdom of Israel
Samaria
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17
linked to: Book of 2 Kings

Assyrian royal inscriptions
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Assyrian expansion in the Levant
politicalConsequence dissolution of the northern Israelite monarchy
precededBy Assyrian campaigns in the Levant under Tiglath-Pileser III
region ancient Near East
linked to: Ancient Near East
religiousConsequence major event in biblical prophetic interpretation
result Assyrian annexation of the territory of the Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian victory
deportation of large parts of the Israelite population
end of the northern Kingdom of Israel as an independent state
fall of Samaria
linked to: Fall of Samaria
significance decisive event in the history of ancient Israel
key step in Assyrian domination of the Levant
timePeriod 8th century BCE
typeOfEvent siege warfare

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Hoshea causeOfDownfall Assyrian siege of Samaria
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Shalmaneser V notableFor siege of Samaria
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Shalmaneser V notableEvent siege of Samaria (c. 725–722 BCE)
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Jehoram of Israel notableEvent Siege of Samaria by Arameans
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Ululayu notableFor siege of Samaria
linked to: Siege of Samaria
Ululayu conflict Siege of Samaria
Ululayu notableEvent fall of Samaria
linked to: Siege of Samaria