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1. Essentials: Assyria in the second half of the 8th century BC
1.1. Kings
1.1.1. Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria (744-727 BC)
1.1.2. Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria (726-722 BC)
1.1.3. Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC)
1.2. Governors
1.2.1. Running the empire: Assyrian governance
1.2.2. The King's Road - the imperial communication network
1.2.3. The royal seal: a sign of the king's trust and a manifestation of royal authority
1.2.4. The Palace Scribe: running the state archives of Assyria
1.2.5. The deputy system: backbone of Assyrian governance
1.2.6. Mass deportation: the Assyrian resettlement policy
1.3. Diplomats
1.3.1. Representing Assyrian interests in the vassal states
1.3.2. Royal marriage alliances and noble hostages
1.4. Soldiers
1.4.1. The Assyrian army
1.4.2. War heroes: royal recognition for Assyrian soldiers
1.5. Countries and peoples
1.5.1. Central Assyria, the lands between Assur, Nineveh and Arbela
1.5.2. Babylon and the cities and tribes of Southern Mesopotamia
1.5.3. Hatti's heirs: Kummuhi and the other Neo-Hittite kingdoms
1.5.4. Tabal and Phrygia: problem neighbours in the West
1.5.5. Šubria, a safe haven in the mountains
1.5.6. Urartu, Assyria's northern archenemy
1.5.7. Mannea, a forgotten kingdom of Iran
1.5.8. The Medes, purveyors of fine horses
1.5.9. The many kingdoms of Cyprus
1.5.10. Tyre and the other Phoenician city-states
1.5.11. Israel, the 'House of Omri'
1.5.12. Gaza, Ashdod and the other Philistine kingdoms
1.5.13. Kush, Assyria's rival in the Levant
1.6. Cities
1.6.1. Kalhu, Tiglath-pileser's royal residence city
1.6.2. Dur-Šarruken, the "Fortress of Sargon"
1.7. Archives
1.7.1. The archive from Kalhu: the "Nimrud Letters"
1.7.2. Sargon's Nineveh letters
2. Letters of the royal correspondence
2.1. Searching SAA online and the Sargon correspondence
2.2.
2.3. Abbreviations of places of first publication
2.4. Museum numbers
3. Eponym lists and chronicles
4. Private legal documents
5. Highlights: selected letters in the British Museum
5.1. Assyrian letters (SAA 1, SAA 5, SAA 15)
5.1.1. SAA 1 5
5.1.2. SAA 1 11
5.1.3. SAA 1 34
5.1.4. SAA 1 51
5.1.5. SAA 1 77
5.1.6. SAA 1 84
5.1.7. SAA 1 119
5.1.8. SAA 1 125
5.1.9. SAA 1 128
5.1.10. SAA 1 147
5.1.11. SAA 5 52
5.1.12. SAA 5 53
5.1.13. SAA 5 78
5.1.14. SAA 5 79
5.1.15. SAA 5 84
5.1.16. SAA 5 88
5.1.17. SAA 5 163
5.1.18. SAA 5 164
5.1.19. SAA 5 227
5.1.20. SAA 5 241
5.1.21. SAA 15 4
5.1.22. SAA 15 30
5.1.23. SAA 15 53
5.1.24. SAA 15 65
5.1.25. SAA 15 121
5.1.26. SAA 15 156
5.1.27. SAA 15 199
5.1.28. SAA 15 223
5.1.29. SAA 15 288
5.1.30. SAA 15 289
5.2. Babylonian letters (SAA 17)
5.2.1. SAA 17 53
5.2.2. SAA 17 64
5.2.3. SAA 17 73
5.2.4. SAA 17 92
5.2.5. SAA 17 93
5.2.6. SAA 17 96
5.2.7. SAA 17 122
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