Neo-Assyrian Empire
RegionIraq/Syria/Turkey
Period911-609 BC
Peak Size1.4 million km2
Founded ByAdad-nirari II
About Neo-Assyrian Empire
The largest empire the world had yet seen, ruled from cities such as Nimrud and Nineveh. Assyria fielded a professional standing army and used mass deportations to control conquered peoples. Ashurbanipal built a great library of cuneiform tablets. A coalition of Babylonians and Medes destroyed Nineveh in 612 BC.
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