Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 911-609 BCE) was the largest and most powerful empire of the ancient Near East up to its time, at its height controlling territory from Egypt and Cyprus to western Iran and Anatolia. It was characterized by a professional standing army with iron weapons, systematic use of mass deportation, sophisticated provincial administration, and monumental art and architecture. The empire fell to a Babylonian-Median coalition culminating in the sack of Nineveh in 612 BCE.

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