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Diana Haddad
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ASSYRIANS
In the 9th century BC, the Assyrians break the
Phoenician's monopoly on Mediterranean trade, and they rule from 875 to 608
B.C. Assyrian rule (875-608 B.C.) deprived the Phoenician cities of their
independence and prosperity and brought repeated, unsuccessful rebellions.
Assyrian ruler, Tiglath-Pileser, subdued the rebels and imposed heavy
tributes. Oppression continued unabated, and Tyre rebelled again, this time
against Sargon II (722-05 B.C.), who successfully besieged the city in 721
B.C. and punished its population. During the seventh century B.C., Sidon
rebelled and was completely destroyed by Esarhaddon (681-68 B.C.), and its
inhabitants were enslaved. Esarhaddon built a new city on Sidon's ruins. By
the end of the seventh century B.C., the Assyrian Empire, weakened by the
successive revolts, had been destroyed by Babylonia, a new Mesopotamian
power
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