Assyria
About Assyria
Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
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The Assyrian empire was huge, covering all of North Africa and the Middle East, and inspired Byron's poem The Destruction of Sennacherib: the Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold.
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More facts about Assyria
If something was missing from his collection, the Assyrian king would put a call out across his kingdom, offer a reward, and everyone would go scouting to find it and bring it in.
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Coordinates: 36.0000, 43.3000