* 42 Virtu : Tour o the P : : ce o Niieveh i . introduction There have been occasions throughout history when the intentions and grand scheming of one distant nation have caused repercussions across a wide adjoining region . Such was the case, for example, when the city states across the Northern and Southern Kingdoms of the Levant suffered at the hands of the expanding ancient Assyrian sphere of influence . We first learn about these encounters in 1 and 2 Kings of the Bible with corresponding and mostly corroborating discussions in inscriptions on monuments attributed to King Shalmaneser III ( 859 - 824 BCE ; on the Kurkh Stela from Üçtepe, Turkey, and the Black Obelisk from Nimrud, Iraq ) . While the westward incursions of the Assyrians continue throughout the 8 th century BCE, the actions came to a head in the late 8 th century BCE, Dr . Sanders is trained and educated as an architect, architectural historian, and archaeologist . His 1 special interest is the application of nontra...
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