# Canonical recap data for Assyrian Rise Under Ashur-uballit (1365)
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slug: assyrian-rise-ashur-uballit
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1365/assyrian-rise-ashur-uballit"
title: Assyrian Rise Under Ashur-uballit
subtitle: Ashur-uballit I's military campaigns transformed Assyria into the ancient Near East's dominant imperial power and established tributary networks.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1365-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1365
decade: 1360
country:
name: Iraq
slug: iraq
summaryShort: "The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The siege concluded Sennacharib's campaign in the Levant, in which he attacked the fortified cities and devastated the countryside of Judah in a campaign "
summaryLong: The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The siege concluded Sennacharib's campaign in the Levant, in which he attacked the fortified cities and devastated the countryside of Judah in a campaign of subjugation. Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, but did not capture it.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Biblical_Jerusalem_Wall_Remnants.jpg/1280px-Biblical_Jerusalem_Wall_Remnants.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Assyrian siege of Jerusalem"
importance: 69
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_siege_of_Jerusalem"
  title: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Assyrian siege of Jerusalem was an aborted siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah, carried out by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Em
wikidataQid: Q1267122
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260508121303/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_siege_of_Jerusalem"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-08
  label: Assyrian siege of Jerusalem
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_siege_of_Jerusalem"
