Assyria stands out in history as the fountainhead of empire. It was perhaps the first state to subdue the bulk of its world, extending in every direction ... with a handy list of dates and rulers, ...

A reconstruction of the palaces built by the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal ... the last capital of the Assyrians. At its height, this was an empire that stretched from the shores of the Persian ...

It shows King Assurbanipal (668 to 627 BC), the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire ... height and weighs around 12 tonnes. The find is extraordinary for the scientists not only because of its ...

In the 9th century BC, the Assyrian Empire of northern Iraq relentlessly started to expand into most of the ancient Near East. It reached its height in the early 7th century BC, becoming the ...

who more than doubled the size of the empire. From there, Frahm recounts the conflicts that brought Assyria to the height of its power and influence and profiles prominent kings including ...

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the ... to describe what is known about life in the empire — for royal and non-royal Assyrians alike — and the circumstances that contributed to its ...

In the book I argue that, surprisingly, the rise of the Assyrian empire, rather than its fall, is connected to plague. It was in the wake of two bouts of contagious disease — and the economic and ...