Annals of Shalmaneser III

Shalmaneser III of Assyria · c. 859-824 BC (reign of Shalmaneser III) · Kalhu (Iraq) · history

Continuing his father's annalistic project across thirty-five years of nearly annual campaigning, Shalmaneser III's inscriptions, capped by the Black Obelisk, argue that sustained pressure on the same enemies year after year, rather than any single decisive victory, is what actually built an empire.