Assyrian History: The History of the Most Prominent Empire (The History and Legacy of Ancient Assyria's Violent Destruction)

Although the biblical accounts of the assyrians are among the most interesting and are often corroborated with other historical sources, the assyrians were much more than just the enemies of the israelites and brutal thugs. A historical survey of ancient assyrian culture reveals that although they were the supreme warriors of their time, they were also excellent merchants, diplomats, and highly literate people who recorded their history and religious rituals and ideology in great detail.Assyria was a semitic-speaking kingdom based upon the tigris river in upper mesopotamia, an area that included northern iraq, northeast syria, and southeast turkey, and also fringe parts of northwest iran in modern-day terms.In this guide, you will all you need to know, according to what has been discovered, about the assyrian empire, their history, and their culture.The assyrians were relentless. You can pretty much say that they hated failure so much that they attempted three times to rule the world. This book will discuss those three attempts, and will include facts on who lead each of them and what happened to them. You will be learning about facts and values from the contents of this book.The city of nimrud was one of the assyrians' most important cities, and it has been known by many different names throughout its history. In ancient assyrian, the city was called kalḫu, a name first attested to in texts dating back to the 13th century bce. In the bible, it is known as calah, and the city is now called nimrud from an association with the biblical figure nimrod.