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 | | In the middle of the 8th century BC, TYRE and BYBLOS rebelled, but the Assyrian ruler, Tiglath-Pileser, subdued the rebels and imposed heavy tributes on them. |
 | | Oppression continued unabated, and TYRE rebelled again, this time against SARGON II (722-OS BC), who successfully besieged the city in 721 BC and punished its population.During the 7th century BC, SIDON rebelled; it was completely destroyed by Esarhaddon (681-68 BC), and its inhabitants were enslaved. |
 | | By the end of the 7th century BC, Babylonia, a new Mesopotamian power, had destroyed the Assyrian Empire, weakened by the successive revolts. |
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