Polity Kingdom of Israel

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Was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. The Kingdom controlled the areas of Samaria, Galilee and parts of Transjordan. It emerged from the division of the United Monarchy of Israel in israel and Judah. It was later conquered by the Assyrian Empire.

Establishment

  • January 929 BC: Following Solomon's death in c. 926 BC, tensions between the northern part of Israel, containing the ten northern tribes, and the southern section, dominated by Jerusalem and the southern tribes, reached a boiling point. In about the year 930 BC the Kingdom of Israel and Judah split into two kingdoms: the northern Kingdom of Israel, which included the cities of Shechem and Samaria.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III.

1.1. Syro-Ephraimite War

Was a war between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its tributary states Aram-Damascus and Israel that decided to break away from the empire.

  • January 731 BC: Tiglath-Pileser III had the formerly independent states of Damascus and the northern part of Israel incorporated as provinces of his empire.
  • January 731 BC: Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III made the Kingdom of Israel dependent on him as tributary vassal state.

2. Jewish-Babylonian war

Was a revolt of the Kingdom of Judah against the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

  • January 608 BC: In -609, King Josiah of Judah declared independence from the Assyrian Empire and established the Kingdom of Israel. This move was part of Josiah's efforts to assert Judah's sovereignty and religious identity.
  • January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.

Disestablishment

  • January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.