Rise of the Assyrians
The Ancients
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The Parallels Between Tiglappereza III and Philip II of Macedon
The Assyrians had suffered a defeat not long before Tiglappereza III comes to the throne. He could probably have tried to conquer Tyre or Siden, particularly powerful and rich Phoenician cities located there. But he doesn't really do that. Instead he puts up a high threat level and then sends officials to the kings of Tyre especially. They come up with some sort of arrangement where for example when the Phoenicians cut timber on Mount Lebanon that they will be taxed by the Assyrians but they can then still continue trading the timber. The Assyrians also do not interfere with the Western trade of thePhoenicians knowing full well that the Assyrians are never really
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