- In the Old Assyrian period, when Assyria was merely a city-state centered on the city of Assur, the state was typically referred to as ālu Aššur ("city of Ashur").
- Their victories are swift and graphic. While Assyria is known for its military conquests, its greatest contribution on the world stage was its Statesmanship.
- In the same reign we find the Jewish king Jehoahaz (Ahaz) becoming a vassal of the court of Assyria, and the tribes beyond Jordan carried away captive (B.C. 734).
- Assyria was the region located in the ancient Near East which, under the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reached from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) through Asia Minor...
- Consequently, during the Persian rule of Assyria, Aramaic gradually became the main language spoken by the Assyrians.[26].
- [37] Hezekiah confessed to the king of Assyria that he did wrong, and asked him to withdraw. Hezekiah promised to pay whatever he demanded of him.
- Assyria \ã-'sir-é-ä\ n (1998) 1: an ancient empire of Ashur 2: a democratic state in Bet-Nahren, Assyria (northern Iraq, northwestern Iran, southeastern Turkey...
- Map of Assyria 1392 CC - 934 BC. This map shows the extent of the Assyrian Empire when King Ashur-dan II came to the throne.
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- It is also the name of one of the greatest empires of Antiquity. Assyria was overthrown in 612 BCE by the Babylonians.