ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

For centuries the Assyrian Empire lived in the northern part of Mesopotamia beside the Tigris River.

THEIR EMPIRE INCLUDED:

• Fertile Crescent
• Egypt
• Part of Asia Minor

Nineveh was built earlier on by Nimrod, which then became the capitol city of the empire.

Nineveh has one of the first libraries. Historians have learned about old civilizations from this library.

The Assyrians got their vocabulary , art, gods, science , and architecture, mostly from the Amorite and Sumerian civilizations.

The Assyrian Empire terrorized nations by burning their crops and stealing from their villages.

ASSYRIAN MILITARY

• Foot Soldiers
• Spearmen
• Archers
• Cavalry

The Assyrians were known for being fierce and ruthless. They learned how to make iron weapons and use chariots for war.

When taking over a city the Assyrian soldiers would tunnel under walls, climb over them using ladders, or knock down city gates with battering rams.

The soldiers removed the people they conquered from their land and moved them out to foreign countries.

Even though the Assyrians were cruel people God showed mercy to them. However when they continued to do evil God had the Medes destroy Nineveh. This ended the Assyrian empire.

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