The Neo-Assyrian Empire was an empire in Mesopotamian history which began in 934 BC and ended in 605 BC. During this period, Assyria assumed a position as the most powerful nation on earth, successfully eclipsing Babylonia, Egypt, Urartu/Armenia and Elam for dominance of the Near East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, North Africa and east Mediterranean, though not until the reforms of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th century BC did it become a vast empire. Assyria was originally an Akkadian kingdom which evolved in the 25th to 24th Centuries BC. The earliest Assyrian kings such as Tudiya were relatively minor rulers, and after the founding of the Akkadian Empire, which lasted from 2334 BC to 2154 BC, these kings became subject to Sargon of Akkad, who united all the Akkadian and Sumerian speaking peoples of Mesopotamia under one rule.
Ashur-nasir-pal II (transliteration: Aššur-nāṣir-apli, meaning "Ashur is guardian of the heir") was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC.
Ashurnasirpal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II, in 883 BC. During his reign he embarked on a vast program of expansion, first conquering the peoples to the north in Asia Minor as far as Nairi and exacting tribute from Phrygia, then invading Aram (modern Syria) conquering the Aramaeans and neo Hittites between the Khabur and the Euphrates Rivers. His harshness prompted a revolt that he crushed decisively in a pitched, two-day battle. According to his monument inscription while recalling this massacre he says "their men young and old I took prisoners. Of some I cut off their feet and hands; of others I cut off the ears noses and lips; of the young men's ears I made a heap; of the old men's heads I made a marinet. I exposed their heads as a trophy in front of their city. The male children and the female children I burned in flames; the city I destroyed, and consumed with fire." Following this victory, he advanced without opposition as far as the Mediterranean and exacted tribute from Phoenicia. On his return back home he moved his capital to the city of Kalhu (Nimrud).
Shalmaneser III (Šulmānu-ašarēdu, "the god Shulmanu is pre-eminent") was king of Assyria (859 BC – 824 BC), and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II[1].
His long reign was a constant series of campaigns against the eastern tribes, the Babylonians, the nations of Mesopotamia and Syria, as well as Kizzuwadna and Urartu. His armies penetrated to Lake Van and the Taurus Mountains; the Hittites of Carchemish were compelled to pay tribute, and the kingdoms of Hamath and Aram Damascus were subdued.
In 853 BC a coalition which was formed by the kingdoms of Egypt, Hamath, Arvad, the Ammonites, "Ahab of Israel" and other neighboring states, under the leadership of king Hadadezer of Damascus, fought the Assyrian king at Battle of Qarqar. However, the Assyrian king persevered in his attempts to subjugate Israel and Syria[citation needed]. Other battles soon followed in 849 BC and 846 BC.
In 842 BC, Shalmaneser campaigned against Hadadezer's successor Hazael, forcing him to take refuge within the walls of his capital. While Shalmaneser was unable to capture Damascus, he devastated its territory, and Jehu of Israel (whose ambassadors are represented on the Black Obelisk now in the British Museum), together with the Phoenician cities, prudently sent tribute to him in 841 BC. Babylonia had already been conquered as far as the marshes of the Chaldaeans in the south, and the Babylonian king put to death. It was the Assyrian king who defeated the Western coalition at Qarqar.
The Hidden Pearl: The Syrian Orthodox Church And Its Ancient Aramaic Heritage is a 2001 documentary published by TransWorld Film Italia commissioned by the Syriac Orthodox community. The documentary was published in the form of three videos together with three printed volumes.
Volume 1, The Ancient Aramaic Heritage, deals with the Aramaic heritage as the cradle of civilization. It covers the pre-Christian Old Aramaic period, covering the Aramaean city states, the Neo-Assyrian, Achaemenid and Seleucid periods, including the kingdoms of Palmyra, Petra, Edessa and Hatra.
Volume 2, The Heirs of the Ancient Aramaic Heritage, addresses Middle Aramaic tradition and literature, the Aramaic of Jesus and classical Syriac literature.
Volume 3, At the Turn of the Third Millennium: the Syrian Orthodox Witness, focuses on and describes the current situation of the Syriac Orthodox Church and its history in Tur Abdin, on Seyfo and the Syriac diaspora.
Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3
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The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire
Assyrian army
The Early Neo-Assyrian Army
Events of the 910s BC - The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
Fall of Assyria and the Great Chaldean Empire (Babylonian Empire)
Events of the 830s BC - Assyria invades Anatolia
History of Assyria 3000 to 1000 BC
Assyrian Empire to Wesley
The Warrior Song - A tribute to Ashurnasirpal II King of Assyria
Events of the 820s BC part 3 - The Black Obelisk of Assyria
Assyrian lion hunt
Events of 909-900 BC Assyria Attacks!
Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3
The Assyrians Masters of War
The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire
Assyrian army
The Early Neo-Assyrian Army
Events of the 910s BC - The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
Fall of Assyria and the Great Chaldean Empire (Babylonian Empire)
Events of the 830s BC - Assyria invades Anatolia
History of Assyria 3000 to 1000 BC
Assyrian Empire to Wesley
The Warrior Song - A tribute to Ashurnasirpal II King of Assyria
Events of the 820s BC part 3 - The Black Obelisk of Assyria
Assyrian lion hunt
Events of 909-900 BC Assyria Attacks!
Biggest & The Best - a tribute to Shalmaneser III king of Assyria
Hartmut Kühne | The Collapse of the Assyrian Empire and the Evidence of Dur-Katlimmu
Events of the 840s BC part 1 - The Empire vs The Rebel Alliance
Winged lion Palace of Ashurnasirpal II Nimrud Iraq Neo-Assyrian c. 883-859 BC British Museum London
Fan of History Special Hatshepsut Female King of Egypt
Assyrian Relief from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Neo Assyrian Water Basin from Assur
THE HIDDEN PEARL Documentary History Of Arameans People
Events of the 810s BC part 2: Semiramis, Queen of the World
Assyrian Empire
Empire of Doom
Masters, masters of pain & destruction
Fighting, Killing, Slaying
Decapitating their (enemies) heads
Fighting, Slaying, Raping,
No one could stand the sight
Their (skinned) enemies flesh on the city walls
A pile of skulls in front of the city gate
Flesh on the walls of the conquered weak
True Masters
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Pile of skulls in front of the main gate
Assyrian Life Code
Assyrian Life Code