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jul 1, 738 BC - Azriyau of Yaudi/Hamat defeated by Tiglath Pileaser

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While Tiglath-Pileser III was campaigning against Urartu in 739 BC, the Levantine states formed a new alliance, headed by the king Azriyau of Ḥamat, and including various Phoenician cities ranging from Arqa to Ṣumur and multiple Aramaean states from Śamʾal in the north to Ḥamat in the south, which was defeated by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 BC?.

Aziryau ruled over many norther city-states for a short time (Hamath, Sam'al, etc.)

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jul 1, 738 BC
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~ 2764 years ago