Siege of Lachish
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title:
Siege of Lachish
text:
The siege of Lachish was the Neo-Assyrian Empire's siege and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE. The siege is documented in several sources including the Hebrew Bible, Assyrian documents and in the Lachish relief, a well-preserved series of reliefs which once decorated the Assyrian king Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh.
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description:
Neo-Assyrian Empire's siege and conquest of the town of Lachish in 701 BCE
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lachish
date created:
2007-08-12T03:00:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:43:35Z
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