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Tiglath-Pileser III was an Assyrian king who ascended to the throne at round the middle of the 8th century BCE after usurping it from the previous royal dynasty, effectively creating the Neo-Assyrian Empire that would last for some 150 years. He revitalized the Assyrian state from a declining...

AYear - 63 B.C. A man is pacing back and forth, thinking, praying, hoping. He stops, "I know your there Antigonus". There is a pause, then a sandy haired adolescent appears from the hallway, embarrassed, "I'm sorry father, but I've heard things". The man, Aristoblus II of the Maccabees lineage...