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Assyria: Quick Facts

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Historical map showing ancient Mesopotamia with labeled locations of major archaeological and historical sites. Symbols and color codes indicate sites from the prehistoric era, Sumerian-Akkadian culture, Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian eras, Assyrian civilization, Hurrian era, late Persian, Greek, and Parthian eras, as well as marshland areas. The map covers the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including present-day Iraq and surrounding areas.
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Historical map showing ancient Mesopotamia with labeled locations of major archaeological and historical sites. Symbols and color codes indicate sites from the prehistoric era, Sumerian-Akkadian culture, Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian eras, Assyrian civilization, Hurrian era, late Persian, Greek, and Parthian eras, as well as marshland areas. The map covers the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including present-day Iraq and surrounding areas.
history of Mesopotamia
historical region, Asia
ancient Middle East
ancient Middle East
historical region, Asia
Nineveh: Nergal Gate
Nineveh
ancient city, Iraq
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Key People

Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal
king of Assyria
Bas-relief depicting the founding Assyrian king of Nineveh, Sennacherib
Sennacherib
king of Assyria
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Tiglath-pileser III
king of Assyria
Sargon II
Sargon II
king of Assyria
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II
king of Assyria
Esarhaddon, detail of a tablet from Zincirli Hüyük, in Turkey; in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Esarhaddon
king of Assyria
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Shalmaneser III
king of Assyria
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Tiglath-pileser I
king of Assyria
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Ashur-uballit I
king of Assyria
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Shalmaneser I
king of Assyria
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Shalmaneser V
king of Assyria and Babylon
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Sargon I
king of Assyria
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Tukulti-Ninurta I
king of Assyria
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Ashurnasirpal I
king of Assyria
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Tiglath-pileser II
king of Assyria