Battle of Qarqar; Shalmaneser II defeats Hadadezer of Damascus, Ahab of Israel, &c. 853 Campaigns against Hadadezer of Damascus 850-845 Campaign against Hazael of Damascus; tribute paid to Shalmaneser by Jehu 'the son of Omri' 41 Damascus captured by Rimmon-nirari III; tribute paid by Samaria 804 Pul, who takes the name of Tiglath-pileser III, usurps the throne, April 745 War with Hamath; submission of Uzziah; fall of Arpad 843-840 Tribute paid to Tiglath-pileser (Pul) by Menahem of Samaria and Rezon of Damascus 738 Damascus besieged; the tribes beyond the Jordan carried away; Jehoahaz (Ahaz) of Judah becomes an Assyrian vassal 734 Pekah put to death; Hosea succeeds 733 (? 729) Damascus captured; Rezon slain; Ahaz at Damascus 732 Capture of Samaria by Sargon 722 Embassy of Merodach-baladan to Hezekiah 712 Capture of Ashdod by the Assyrians 711 Campaign of Sennacherib against Judah 701 Murder of Sennacherib 681 Manasseh of Judah tributary to Esar-haddon 676 Destruction of Thebes (No-Amon) in Egypt by the Assyrians 665 Babylonian invasion of Egypt 567 THE PRINCIPAL DEITIES OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA. Arm (Sumerian Ana), the sky-god of Erech, and wife Anat. Bel the elder (Sum. Mul-lil or El-lil), the earth-god of Nipur, and wife Beltis. Ea, the water-god of Eridu, and wife Dav-kina. Bel-Merodach (Maruduk) of Babylon, the son of Ea, and wife Zarpanit. Istar, the goddess of the evening-star, the daughter of Sin. Sin, the Moon-god of Ur, the son of Bel of Nipur. Samas, the Sun-god, the son of Sin; also called Â. Rimmon (Rammanu) or Barqu (Sum. Mer), the air-god. Uras[10], the warrior-god of Nipur, the minister of the elder Bel. Nebo (Nabu), 'the prophet' of Borsippa, the minister of Merodach. Tasmit, 'the hearer,' the wife of Nebo. Nusku, a Sumerian deity identified with Nebo. Nergal, the warrior-god of Kutha. Assur, the national-god of Assyria. [10] The reading of the name of this god is doubtful. It has been variously transcribed Bar, Nin-ip, and Adar, the last of which, however, is certainly wrong. Oxford HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY End of Project Gutenberg's A Primer of Assyriology, by Archibald Henry Sayce