Book contents
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Chronology
- Introduction
- One A Fragmented World
- Two A City at the Fringe?
- Three The Rise of Assyria
- Four A Patchwork Empire
- Five Practising Empire
- Six Rulers of All the World
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 January 2020
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- The Imperialisation of Assyria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Chronology
- Introduction
- One A Fragmented World
- Two A City at the Fringe?
- Three The Rise of Assyria
- Four A Patchwork Empire
- Five Practising Empire
- Six Rulers of All the World
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This study set out to address the question how we can explain the remarkable success of Assyria. Why did this imperial state survive for over seven centuries (ca. 1350–612 BCE), and how can we explain its emergence as the dominant Near Eastern Empire in the Iron Age, blazing the trail for a series of successor empires (Neo-Babylonian, Achaemenid, Seleukids, Parthians, Sasanian) that one can trace over another millennium until the fall of the Sasanian Empire around 650 CE.
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- The Imperialisation of AssyriaAn Archaeological Approach, pp. 151 - 154Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020