Out of the highlands of Kurdistan, along the banks of the streams that formed the Euphrates, the agricultural land was fertile and covetted. This led to an agrarian society militarising to at first defend, and then expand their influence in the region known as the "fertile crescent". These people were the Assyrians, one of the fiercest and best organised military powers of the classical near east. Brave and merciless, they carved an empire to rival that of Egypt, and then surpassed it, even conquering the great Nile land and sacking the richest city in the ancient world - Thebes. Egypt would revolt and shake off their direct rule, preferring to offer "tribute" to these "accursed Asiatics" as the Egyptians called them. The Assyrians ruled in Asia Minor absolutely! Copyright Notice -------------------------- I do not own the rights to this video. No adverts or resulting payments are generated to the uploader by way of this upload. However the copyright owners may see fit to monetize these videos. It is there lawful right, and is preferable to restricting the viewing or insistence on deletion. This is an Historical Educational video!

• published: 25 Jul 2014
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