(Wikimedia Commons) There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus, an archetype of ...

612 B.C. (4138) The Neo-Assyrian empire collapses under an attack by Medes, Scythians and Babylonians tribes. The Royal family escapes to Harran. 609 B.C. (4141) Ashur-uballit is proclaimed the new ...

There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus, an archetype of corruption, debauchery, ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of an Assyrian military campaign against Judaea that resulted in the siege of Jerusalem. The campaign was launched in 701 B.C., when Sennacherib was king of ...

beyond the Sambatyon. "In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and he carried them away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan ...

Sennacherib was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sargon II in 705 BCE to his own death in 681 BCE. The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of ...

In Total War: Pharaoh's Dynasties update, multiple new major factions are playable. Among them, Assyrian "King of the ...

King Hezekiah ruled the Kingdom of Judah from around 716 to 687 BCE and is said to have witnessed, in 722 BCE, the Assyrian Empire’s conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel and subsequent con ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Israel might corroborate a dramatic biblical account, potentially shedding light on the ...

This workshop is sponsored by the Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the University of Helsinki and by the Austrian Embassy Helsinki. P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3) 00014 ...

After the traumatic events at the end of the reign of Sargon II the warrior-image of the Assyrian king changed again from individual heroism to a more sublime form, in which the simple royal presence ...