Assyrian campaigns against northwest iran, elam and the medes Twenty-one years after Tiglath-Pileser III’s Iranian campaign, king Rusa I of Urartu (730-714 BCE) attacked Manna in 716 BCE, capturing 22 of their strong-holds. Sargon II counterattacked against the Urartians, defeating them in 715-714 BCE (Melville 2016, 116-140). The Manna kingdom was now increasing-ly transformed into … Continua a leggere Military Interactions between the Neo-Assyrian Army and Ancient Iranian Peoples: Implications for the Development of Cavalry Warfare (II)