One issue was that during the empire’s last decades, the Assyrian crown experienced a crisis of legitimacy. It had been precipitated by Ashurbanipal, whose long reign [669-631 BCE] marked a cultural ...

The Assyrian Empire once dominated the ancient Near East. At the start of the 7th century BC, it was a mighty military machine and the largest empire the Old World had yet seen.

The Assyrian Empire laid the blueprint for future world empires to follow. The mystery of how a small group of people captures so much territory can be solved by studying the empire. But first, let's ...

Was this the world’s first empire? To uncover the story of ancient history's most formidable powers, Dan is joined by Yale University’s Professor Eckart Frahm to explore Assyria’s military ...

In 763 BC, within the vast and powerful Assyrian Empire centered around the city of Nineveh, a remarkable and somewhat eerie event occurred. On June 15, in the full light of day, the world ...

Yale historian Frahm (coeditor, Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks) delivers a comprehensive and accessible look at the rise, fall, and historical impact of the Assyrian Empire. From its beginnings at the ...

For almost 40 years, Ashurbanipal reigned over the Assyrian Empire and ruled over the largest kingdom of its time—and perhaps the greatest up to the seventh century B.C.

0 0 This article was originally published with the title “The Assyrian Empire” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 9 No. 22 (February 1854), p. 176 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02111854-176a ...

Object Details author Herrmann, Georgina Contents Preface: from discovery to destruction -- Introduction: masterpieces of ancient ivory -- The city of Nimrud and it's discovery -- Ah, Assyria! -- The ...

Pictured, from left: Nina Couzzi, Angela Dellasera, and Isabella Fereirra. Suburban News Students in Miss Kirstin Bethavas’ 3rd period social studies class at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in ...

Stephen Compton, an independent scholar specializing in Near Eastern Archaeology, has utilized modern mapping techniques to locate what he believes is an Assyrian Empire camp represented in the ...

One of those authorities might have been Mukīn-abūa, a Neo-Assyrian official who lived during the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (811 B.C. to 783 B.C.).