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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.
(return to Rulers of Assyria) (return to Rulers of Mesopotamia)
