There are two different empires at play here. The empire that destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel was Assyria in 722 BCE. The empire that took the Jews into captivity (and destroyed the Southern Kingdom of Judah) was Babylonia in 586 BCE.
It is generally agreed that the Assyrian Empire invaded and conquered the Northern 10 Tribes during the 722-718 BC period.
The northern kingdom was destroyed by the assyrian empire raised up by God.
The Assyrian Empire conquered the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, renaming it as the Assyrian province of Samaria.
It was called Israel
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrian Empire in 722 B.C.E. effectively ending its independence.
In 722 BCE, the Assyrians, under Shalmaneser, and then under Sargon, conquered Israel (the northern Kingdom), destroyed its capital Samaria, and sent the Israelites into exile and captivity. Much of the nine landed tribes of the northern kingdom become 'lost'. However, what is less commonly know is that many people from the conquered northern kingdom fled south to safety in Judea, the Southern Kingdom, which maintained its independence. By this time the nation of Judah then was populated with Israelites from Judah, Bejamain, Shimeon, some of Levi, and many from all of the other tribes as well.
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Alexander the Great of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in the northern Greek peninsula.
Rehoboam Another answer: Rehav'am (Rehoboam) did not conquer the Northern Kingdom. Rather, he took leadership over it when it was formed (the Ten Tribes seceded from the rule of King David's descendants). The Northern Kingdom was conquered by the Assyrian king Shalmanesser.
of course an empire is bigger then a kingdom.
Assyria was the kingdom of northern Mesopotamia. It was an independent state in the 14th century BC. Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire.