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The Arameans
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The Arameans
Rise
Kingdoms and Their Rulers
1. Much of Syria became nomadic during the 13th century, and the increase in raiding disrupted the internal affairs of the Assyrian empire, at least in the west.
2. "Ahlamu" replaces the ethnic Amorites in Syria. By about 1100, the Ahlamu are referred to as "Arameans".
3. Established a number of small kingdoms along western Syria and eastern Lebanon and Isreal, among them Aram-Sovah, Aram-Makah, and Aram-Damascus being a few of the larger ones.
4. The Assyiran empire began to fail in the mid 11th century, giving the Arameans full control of Syria until the Neo-Assyrian resurgence.
5. This is the peak of Aramean independence;
from Lebanon to the Euphrates.
Basics
Aram-Sobah
Fall
Aram-Damascus
1. Hadadezer: 880 - 842 BCE
2. Hazael: 842 - ??? BCE
3. Ben-Hadad III: 796-792 BCE
4. Rezir: ??? - 732 BCE
1. Hadadezer Bar-Rehob
2. No other concrete names; we have
almost no Aramaic inscriptions.
3. The current site of Aleppo.
1. Semitic nomads from modern day Syria/Lebanon.
2. Part of a new wave of migrants called the Ahlamu that became prominent in the region during the 14th century.
3. Migrated around Mesoptamia establishing small kingdoms.
4. Never fully consolidated into an empire, and remained dependent because of it.
1. The fall of the Arameans began with Adad-nirari II in 911 BCE, who began the Neo-Assyrian empire.
2. Damascus fell in 732 BCE, eliminating the Arameans as a political entity.
3. Vast amounts of ethnic Arameans were deported throughout the Assyrian empire by Tiglath Pileser III.
4. Aramaic became the lingua franca in much of the Assyrian empire, a testament to their sizeable population. The language is still spoken in modern-day northern Iraq and southeast Turkey.
5. End of any Aramean independence.
In the Bible
1. Known only as the kingdom of "Aram".
2. Allegedly founded by a grandson of Noah named Aram.
3. Often an enemy to King David.