Katak

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Establishment

• January 999 BC: Establishment of Katak, an Aramean polity.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Zim-ri-Lim

Military campaigns of Mariote king Zim-ri-Lim.

• January 739 BC: In 740 BC Arpad surrendered to the Assyrians. Assyrian troops crossed Kummukhi and the king of Gurgum, Tarkhularas, Dadilu of Kask (probably Kaska / Katak) and that of Meliddu, Samulal, paid tribute.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 836 BC: Tabal existed from at least 837 BC, when the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III recorded that he received gifts the region.
• January 785 BC: Urartu king Menua extended his influence to the west, dominating several Upper Euphrates kingdoms, including Alzi, and Melid (present-day Malatya).

Disestablishment

• January 739 BC: In 740 BC Arpad surrendered to the Assyrians. Assyrian troops crossed Kummukhi and the king of Gurgum, Tarkhularas, Dadilu of Kask (probably Kaska / Katak) and that of Meliddu, Samulal, paid tribute.