122 SURGEON-GENERAL SIR C. A. GORDON^ M.D., K.C.B., ON 



B.C. 



tributary ; the northern part of Babylonia -vvas annexed 

 to Assyria; conquest carried tlirongh. Kurdistan and 

 Media* 



742-732. The siege of Arpad (Tel Erfad) the fall of which 

 (B.C. 740) rendered Pul master of Northern Syria (2 Kings 

 XV, 19). Damascus captured ; its inhabitants transported 

 to Kir. Tyre fined £400,000 (2 Kings xvi, 10). 



731-727. Babylon and other great cities of Chaldea taken by 

 Pul, who in 729 assumed the title of King oE Sumer 

 (Shinar), and Accad. In 727 he died, and then the 

 crown was seized by Shalamaneser IV, called by the 

 Babylonians Ululaa or Elulajus. 



722-717. Shalamaneser died, and Avas succeeded by Sargon, 

 another nsnrper. Samaria subdued and placed under 

 Assyrian government. Babylon, Elam, Kurdistan and 

 Carchemish rebel against Sargon, but are subdued and 

 an Egyptian army defeated by him. 



711-700. Capture of Ash dod by Sargon (Is. xx, 1). He overran 

 Phoenicia and Judah ; captured Babylon ; Merodach 

 Baladan driven thei'efrom. Murdered, his son Sen- 

 nacherib succeeding him. The latter marched into 

 Phoenicia and Palestine ; his armies overthrown before 

 Jerusalem. 



694. By means of a fleet manned by Phoenicians he destroyed 

 the settlements of Merodach Baladan and his followers 

 at the mouth of the Eulaeus. 



690. The combined Babylonian and Elamite power overthrown 

 by Sennacherib, who, entering Babylon, gave it up to fire 

 and sword. Subsequently he constructed various canals, 

 aqueducts, and embankments. 



681. He was murdered by his two elder sons. Esarhaddon, 

 the younger son, defeated the forces of the two eldei', 

 and was proclaimed king. He subsequently rebuilt 

 Babylon, residing alternately there and at Nineveh. His 

 forces penetrated 280 miles into the desert of Northern 

 Africa. 



675-647. Esarhaddon invaded Egypt, captured Memphis, and 

 subdued the country, which he divided into twenty 

 satrapies. In B.C. 667 he died, and was succeeded by 

 his eldest son Assur-bani-pal, i.e., Sardanapalus. His 

 brother Samas-sum-ukin, who was under-king of Babylon, 

 was leader of a I'cbellion in B.C. 652 ; Babylonia, Egypt, 

 and Palestine, as well as other nations, made cause 



* Assji/ria. Professor Sayce, p. 35, et seq. A great part of the data in 

 this section are taken from that learned work. 



