Then, in an astonishing reversal of fortune, the Neo-Assyrian Empire plummeted from its zenith (circa 650 BC) to complete political collapse within the span of just a few decades.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire rose during an unusual time of wet climate and collapsed soon after conditions swung to unusual dryness. Credit: Ashish Sinha [CC BY-ND] ...

Archaeologists have unlocked a portal to the past through an object that might seem mundane at first glance: a sun-dried brick. Found amidst the ruins of a Neo-Assyrian palace in modern-day Iraq, this ...

Under the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as is currently mirrored by ISIS, women were made slaves, enemies of the regime were beheaded in public spectacle, and cities were forced into military service.

The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest empire of its time -- collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its ...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire dominated the Near East from 910 BC to around 610 BC. In the early 7th century BC, it became one of the first truly international empires. It was a multi-ethnic state composed ...

King Sargon II. Prof. Melville (Clarkson), a specialist in the Neo-Assyrian period, has written an excellent account of the many wars of Sargon II, which throws much new light on the king, the ...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest empire of its time -- collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its ...

By looking semiotically (vertically and horizontally) at the Neo-Assyrian sequence of royal representation, I show that in the textual media, the king’s masculinity foregrounds his physical prowess in ...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire was an empire from the Iron Age which ruled much of the Middle East from 911 BC to 609 BC. Historians have been stunned by their meteoric rise and sudden fall from grace ...

One of those authorities might have been Mukīn-abūa, a Neo-Assyrian official who lived during the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (811 B.C. to 783 B.C.).

(CN) – Roughly 2,600 years ago, the largest Mesopotamian empire fell due to political unrest, civil war, overpopulation and – according to a new study – climate change. The Neo-Assyrian Empire ...