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 | | It emerged as an independent state in the 14th century BC, and in the subsequent period it became a major power in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and sometimes in northern Syria. |
 | | It was restored briefly in the 11th century BC by Tiglath-pileser I, but during the following period both Assyria and its rivals were preoccupied with the incursions of the seminomadic Aramaeans. |
 | | The Assyrian kings began a new period of expansion in the 9th century BC, and from the mid-8th to the late 7th century BC, a series of strong Assyrian kings--among them Tiglath-pileser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon--united most of the Middle East, from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, under Assyrian rule. |
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