Israel falls in 722 BCE to the…

Israel falls in 722 BCE to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser, ruler of a mighty military empire centered on the upper Tigris River.

As a result, the Israelites are deported from their country.

Judah preserves its political independence as a tributary of Assyria, while the rest of the Jordan region is divided into Assyrian-controlled provinces that serve as a buffer to contain the desert tribes—a function that will be assigned to the area by a succession of foreign rulers.