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| | Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Assyria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | A small minority believe that it is evidence for the existence of ancient Assyrian telescopes, which could explain the great accuracy of Assyrian astronomy.] |
 | | Ashurnasirpal's son, Shalmaneser III (858-823 BC), fought against Urartu, and in the reign of Ahab, king of Israel, he marched an army against an alliance of the Syrian states (a rare occasion in near-eastern history of an alliance between the Isareli State and the Aramaic Kingdom), whose allied army he encountered at Karkar (854). |
 | | Despite Shalmaneser's description of vanquishing the opposition, it seems that the battle ended in a deadlock, as the Assyrian forces were withdrawn soon afterwards. |
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