The Assyrian Empire placed royal family members andpowerful military leaders as governors or lords of the foreign conquered kingdoms such as Egypt (modern day Egypt), Judah (modern day Israeltine (Israel and Palestine)), Kizzuwatna (near the Gulf of Iskenderun in modern day Turkey), Syria (modern day Syria), Uartu (modern day Armenia), Cilicia (modern day Cukurova), Zamua (modern day Sulaimania Governate of Iraq), Elam (modern day Southwest Iran), Bazu or Bamileke (modern day Cameroon), Kush (modern day Sudan), Mittani (modern day Northern Syria), Media (modern day Northwestern portions of Iran) Babylon (modern day Southern Iraq), Phoenicia (modern day Lebanon), Philistia (modern day coastal region that stretches roughly from Gaza in the South to Ashdod in the North of Israeltine), Samaria (modern day correspondence to the North of the West Bank (Israeltine)), Mannea ( a territory in modern day Iran), and Persia (the rest of modern day Iran).

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