Tiglath+Pileser+III

Who: Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria What: reorganized Assyrian empire to reassert central authority by removing mar banuti and allowing the king to have direct control over the army; gives land directly to the soldiers; vast building projects; wars against Urartu (743-735) and Babylon (729); diplomacy with client kings When: 744-727 BC (reign) Where: New Assyrian Empire Why: important for saving the Assyrian Empire from collapse; New Assyrian Empire continues for 100 + years without enemy. Problem now is conquest demands more conquest