Procuring cause is defined as the «uninterrupted series of causal events which results in a successful transaction.» (realtormag.realtor.org)
The new, both of the external history and the related internal prophetic mind of classical prophetism, was initially produced, beginning in the middle of the eighth century, simply by the aggressive ambition of Assyria, backed, for the first time in several centuries, with leadership and power to implement it.1 Tiglath - pileser III assumed the throne of Assyria in 745 B.C., the first of an uninterrupted series of great soldiers on the throne of Assyria. (religion-online.org)
Tiglath - pileser III assumed the throne of Assyria in 745 B.C., «the first of an uninterrupted series of great soldiers on the throne of Assyria, who quickly brought the Neo-Assyrian Empire to the zenith of its power and created an empire in the ancient Orient which for the first time united almost the whole of the ancient Orient under Assyrian rule. (religion-online.org)