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Assyrian rule (875-608 B.C.) deprived the Phoenician cities of
their independence and prosperity and brought repeated,
unsuccessful rebellions. In the middle of the eighth century B.C.,
Tyre and Byblos rebelled, but the 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.
Data as of December 1987
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