Assyria

American

[uh-seer-ee-uh] / əˈsɪər i ə /

noun

an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Nineveh.

Assyria British

/ əˈsɪrɪə /

noun

an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 _bc . Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh

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Assyria received support from Egypt, but it was unable to prevent the Babylonian-Median alliance from overwhelming its forces and capturing its cities.

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The attack on Assyria proved successful, and Asshur was destroyed in 614 BCE.

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During the eleventh and tenth centuries BCE, decline came to both Assyria and especially to Babylonia, where dynasties competed for control.

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Although the attack failed, it encouraged the Median dynasty to risk its own attack into Assyria.

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Whereas the buildings of Sumer and Assyria were covered with brilliant mosaics and splendid pictorial murals, the Inka style was severe, abstract, stripped down to geometric forms—startlingly contemporary, in fact.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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