Assyria
Shalmaneser III
Assyria (Present-Day in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq)
Shalmaneser III (859–824 BC) projected Assyrian power even further, conquering the foothills of the Caucasus, Israel, and Aram-Damascus, and subjugating Persia and the Arabs who dwelt to the south of Mesopotamia, as well as driving the Egyptians from Canaan. It was during the reign of Shalmaneser III that the Arabs and Chaldeans first enter the pages of recorded history.