jan 1, 870 BC - Tyre Tribute

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Gerard Gertoux

In fact, this heavy tribute was not paid because Queen Elissa refused it and left with the temple treasury to found Carthage, so the Assyrian kings plundered the city, presenting it as tribute.

The tribute paid to Aššurnasirpal in 870 BCE, during the first campaign of his co-regent Shalmaneser (III),
corresponds to the 7th year of PygmalionÕs reign (877-830). This event, which contributed to the foundation
of Carthage, occurred 143 years after the construction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 1013 BCE (= 870 +
143), which began in the 4th year of SolomonÕs reign (1017-977) as well as the 12th year of Hiram IÕs
reign (1025-991), according to the chronological data of Menander of Ephesus, a Greek historian (c. 200
BCE), which was transmitted by Flavius Josephus (Against Apion I:106-127; Jewish Antiquities VIII:141-
149, 316-324).

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