"In 748–747 BC, he campaigned against the city of Namri in Urartu and in 755, the year of his accession, he campaigned against Arpad." — Why not put in chronological order?
Presumably (the cited source does not say so this qualifies as
WP:OR) the copy of the treaty that survives is the Assyrian copy; perhaps the campaign did not go the way it was intended.
Ichthyovenator (
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11:45, 19 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Succession
"Ashur-nirari is generally regarded to have died in 745 BC" — Why?
Because Tiglath-Pileser III became king in that year (unless there was a co-regency as proposed by Davenport Ashur-nirari must have died then). Also added a sentence that we know that the AKL has some errors.
Ichthyovenator (
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12:14, 19 January 2022 (UTC)reply
"he would have ruled for only 10 years if he died in 744 BC" — But didn't you say that the Assyrian King List says he did, indeed, rule for 10 years?
The ISBN for Crouch 2014 is at the bottom of the copyright page. (There are actually three ISBNs depending on which version you used: hardcover, paperback, or electronic.) Grayson 1982 should be a 10-digit ISBN (
WP:ISBN: "if an older work only lists an ISBN-10, use that in citations instead of calculating an ISBN-13 for it. This is because ISBNs are often used as search strings and checksum differences between the two forms make it difficult to find items listed only under the other type."). It's
viewable on Google Books: 0-521-22496-9. --
Usernameunique (
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21:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)reply
"In 748–747 BC, he campaigned against the city of Namri in Urartu and in 755, the year of his accession, he campaigned against Arpad." — Why not put in chronological order?
Presumably (the cited source does not say so this qualifies as
WP:OR) the copy of the treaty that survives is the Assyrian copy; perhaps the campaign did not go the way it was intended.
Ichthyovenator (
talk)
11:45, 19 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Succession
"Ashur-nirari is generally regarded to have died in 745 BC" — Why?
Because Tiglath-Pileser III became king in that year (unless there was a co-regency as proposed by Davenport Ashur-nirari must have died then). Also added a sentence that we know that the AKL has some errors.
Ichthyovenator (
talk)
12:14, 19 January 2022 (UTC)reply
"he would have ruled for only 10 years if he died in 744 BC" — But didn't you say that the Assyrian King List says he did, indeed, rule for 10 years?
The ISBN for Crouch 2014 is at the bottom of the copyright page. (There are actually three ISBNs depending on which version you used: hardcover, paperback, or electronic.) Grayson 1982 should be a 10-digit ISBN (
WP:ISBN: "if an older work only lists an ISBN-10, use that in citations instead of calculating an ISBN-13 for it. This is because ISBNs are often used as search strings and checksum differences between the two forms make it difficult to find items listed only under the other type."). It's
viewable on Google Books: 0-521-22496-9. --
Usernameunique (
talk)
21:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)reply