. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . advantage gained, for thepillaging of the plains of the Tigris probably recommencedas soon as the king had quitted the country. The sameyear he pushed as far as Dayalni, here similar tacticswere employed. Constructing a camp in the neighbour-hood of Mount Anara and Mount Uppa, he forced his wayto the capital, Ukki, traversing a complicated networkof gorges and forests which had hitherto been consideredimpenetrable. The king, Maniya, fled ; Ukki was takenby assault and pillaged, the spoil obtained from it slightlyexceeding that from Tu
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . advantage gained, for thepillaging of the plains of the Tigris probably recommencedas soon as the king had quitted the country. The sameyear he pushed as far as Dayalni, here similar tacticswere employed. Constructing a camp in the neighbour-hood of Mount Anara and Mount Uppa, he forced his wayto the capital, Ukki, traversing a complicated networkof gorges and forests which had hitherto been consideredimpenetrable. The king, Maniya, fled ; Ukki was takenby assault and pillaged, the spoil obtained from it slightlyexceeding that from Tumurru (699 ). Shortly after-wards the province of Tulgarimme revolted in concert withthe Tabal: Sennacherib overcame the allied forces, andled his victorious regiments through the defiles of theTaurus.^ Greek pirates or colonists having ventured from ^ The dates of and connection between these two wars are not deter-mined with any certainty. Some authorities assign them both to thesame year, somewhere between 699 and 696 , while others assign them. A RAID AMONG THE WOODS AND MOUNTAINS. Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from Latakd, Monuments of Nineveh, vol. i. pi. 70. THE EXPEDITION AGAINST ELAM 45 time to time to ravage the seaboard, he destroyed one oftheir fleets near the mouth of the Saros, and took advantageof his sojourn in this region to fortify the two cities ofTarsus and Ankhiale, to defend his CiHcian frontier againstthe peoples of Asia Minor.^ This was a necessary precaution, for the whole of AsiaMinor was just then stirred by the inrush of new nationswhich were devastating the country, and the effect of theseconvulsions was beginning to be felt in the country to thesouth of the central plain, at the foot of the Taurus, andon the frontiers of the Assyrian empire. Barbarian hordes,attracted by the fame of the ancient Hittite sanctuariesin the upper basin of the Euphrates and the Araxes, haddescended now and again to measure their strength againstthe advanced posts of A
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