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====== Shalmaneser V ======

[[Year numbers Shalmaneser V|Go here for the year numbers of Shalmaneser V]]



==== Biography of Shalmaneser V ====

Conquered Samaria and turned Israel into an Assyrian province.

Also make the unpopular decision to impose taxes and corvee labor on the traditionally free cities of Ashur and Harran, a factor which may have led to the revolt that toppled him (Grayson, CAH III/2 pg. 86.


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