Siege of Lachish
Neo-Assyrian Empire's siege and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The siege of Lachish was the Neo-Assyrian Empire's siege[1] and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE. The siege is documented in several sources including the Hebrew Bible, Assyrian documents and in the Lachish relief, a well-preserved series of reliefs which once decorated the Assyrian king Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh.[2][3][4]
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Part of Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant | |||||||
Assyrian siege-engine attacking the city wall of Lachish, part of the ascending assaulting wave. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum. | |||||||
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Neo-Assyrian Empire | Kingdom of Judah | ||||||
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Sennacherib | Unknown | ||||||
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Unknown | Heavy |
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