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

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

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Once Egypt was conquered by Assyria in seventh century BCE, the Kingdom of Kush retreated to Meroe far to the south of Egypt.

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It was only around 900 BCE that Assyria was able to reestablish control over northern Mesopotamia.

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After the rise of Fertile Crescent states in the fourth millennium B.C., the center of power initially remained in the Fertile Crescent, rotating between empires such as those of Babylon, the Hittites, Assyria, and Persia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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