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After several centuries of obscurity and even loss of independence from around 1400 B.C. under the powerful northern Mesopotamian state of Mitanni, Assyria’s fortunes revived in the reign of Ashur-uballit I (1365–1330 B.C.). From his capital at Ashur, Ashur-uballit extended Assyrian control over the rich farming lands of Nineveh and Arbela ...
Assyria ( mât Aššur ): ancient name for the northeastern part of modern Iraq, situated on the east bank of the Tigris. It is also the name of one of the greatest empires of Antiquity. Assyria was overthrown in 612 BCE by the Babylonians. Glazed brick panel with the god Aššur. The word Assyria is derived from mât Aššur, which means "the ...
A stylised Ṭabbakh ( ܛܒܚ, 'August') in Syriac with the number 7 is often the symbol marking Martyrs Day. The Simele massacre ( ܦܪܡܬܐ ܕܣܡܠܐ, Pramta d-Simmele) was the first of many massacres committed by the Iraqi government during the systematic targeting of the Assyrians of northern Iraq in August 1933. The killing spree that ...
The Assyrian homeland, Assyria ( Classical Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ, romanized: Āṯōr or Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, romanized: Bêth Nahrin ), refers to the homeland of the Assyrian people within which Assyrian civilisation developed, located in their indigenous Upper Mesopotamia. The territory that forms the Assyrian homeland is ...
1115 BCE - 1076 BCE. Reign of Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria who conquers Phoenicia and revitalizes the empire . 912 BCE - 891 BCE. Reign of Adad Nirari II who revitalizes kingdom and secures borders. 900 BCE - 800 BCE. Surviving sphinxes from the Assyrian civilization, usually placed as guards outside palaces.
Assyria became a great military power during the Neo-Assyrian period, and saw the conquests of large empires, such as Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Hittites, and the Persians, among others. After its fall in the late 600s BCE, Assyria remained a province and geo-political entity under various empires until the mid-7th century CE.
Apr 10, 2018 · L'Assyrie était la région située dans le Proche-Orient antique qui, sous l' empire néo-assyrien, s'étendait de la Mésopotamie (Irak ou Iraq actuel) à l'Égypte en passant par l' Asie mineure (Turquie actuelle). L'empire commença modestement dans la ville d' Assur (connue sous le nom de Subartu par les Sumériens ), située en ...
