Ashurnasipal II succeeded his father; Tukulti-Ninurta II; in 883 BC. During his reign he embarked on a vast program of expansion; first conquering the peoples to the north in Asia Minor as far as Nairi and exacting tribute from Phrygia; then invading Aram (modern Syria) conquering the Aramaeans and neo Hittites between the Khabur and the Euphrates Rivers.
His harshness prompted a revolt that he crushed decisively in a pitched; two-day battle. According to his monument inscription while recalling this massacre he says 'their men young and old I took prisoners. Of some I cut off their feet and hands; of others I cut off the ears; noses and lips; of the young men's ears I made a heap; of the old men's heads I made a marinet. I exposed their heads as a trophy in front of their city. The male children and the female children I burned in flames; the city I destroyed; and consumed with fire'.
Following this victory; he advanced without opposition as far as the Mediterranean and exacted tribute from Phoenicia. On his return back home he moved his capital to the city of Kalhu (Nimrud).
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