event · evt_neo_assyrian_consolidation_world_context
Early Neo-Assyrian consolidation
Assyrian rulers from Adad-nerari II through Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III rebuilt imperial capacity and expanded western campaigning during the ninth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Assyrian rulers from Adad-nerari II through Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III rebuilt imperial capacity and expanded western campaigning during the ninth century BCE.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
911 BCE–824 BCE
Precision: approximate
highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides primary text editions
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1991)Anchors early Neo-Assyrian chronology and claims.
Locator: Royal inscriptions, 911–859 BCE - informs · contextualizes
From Ten to Naught: Formation, Consolidation and Abolition of Cyprus’ Iron Age Polities — Maria Iacovou (2002)Separates later political evidence from earlier reconstruction.
Locator: Historically attested Cypriot polities
Interpretation and caveats
The development forms part of the geopolitical world in which Cypriot city-kingdoms became historically visible, without proving direct control of Cyprus by 800 BCE.
Event context
Classification
Event type: state consolidation and expansion
Evidence layer: textual historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Cyprus eastern Mediterranean maritime interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
A major early first-millennium geopolitical development relevant to the later documentary visibility of eastern Mediterranean polities.
Research notes
- Anchors early Neo-Assyrian chronology and claims. Role: provides primary text editions. Locator: Royal inscriptions, 911–859 BCE.
- Separates later political evidence from earlier reconstruction. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Historically attested Cypriot polities.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary text editions
Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114–859 BC) — A. Kirk Grayson (1991)Anchors early Neo-Assyrian chronology and claims.
Locator: Royal inscriptions, 911–859 BCE - informs · contextualizes
From Ten to Naught: Formation, Consolidation and Abolition of Cyprus’ Iron Age Polities — Maria Iacovou (2002)Separates later political evidence from earlier reconstruction.
Locator: Historically attested Cypriot polities