Neo-Assyrian Empire

Iron-age Mesopotamian superpower of siegecraft, mass deportations, and royal libraries.

Specifications & Metrics

era

911 – 609 BC

region

Mesopotamia / Near East

Core Principles & Analysis

• Nineveh served as the imperial capital under Sennacherib.
• Ashurbanipal's library preserved tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets.
• The empire fell to Babylonian and Median forces by 609 BC.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Neo-Assyrian Empire