Shalmaneser III
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In this relief from the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Assyrian king Shalmaneser III is shown receiving tribute from Jehu, the king of Israel, bowing before him.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Clasping hands transformed into a sign of good faith by the 9th century BC, when a stone bas-relief shows Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser III sealing an alliance with a Babylonian counterpart.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2020
The city was already ancient when Shalmaneser III built a 200-room palace surrounded by a five-mile wall in the eighth century BC, adding to the temples, palaces and giant ziggurat built by his father.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2011
Assyria, Tahai was the name of a high functionary under Shalmaneser III, who ruled Assyria eight centuries before Christ.
From Time Magazine Archive
His son Shalmaneser III, and later Shalmaneser IV, made many campaigns against the neighboring peoples, and Assyria became rapidly a great and powerful nation.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
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