The Assyrian civilization reached from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf in the seventh century AD, and the Assyrians were certainly aware that there were lands, peoples, tribes, and other cities beyond their own. However, they referred to these lands as “empty lands” because they were inhabited by non-Civilized people and had no useful resources to offer.
The Assyrians referred to the Assyrian Empire, which Banipal governed as “the monarch of the world,” as being the greatest kingdom until the seventh century BC. Their world was a nation of Mesopotamia, and Assyria Banipal needed to put to use all of its purportedly unoccupied territories’ military and diplomatic talent.
The Assyrian civilization in its name was named after its original capital, the city of Assyria, which dates back to about 2600 BC, and it is originally one of many Akkadian cities in Mesopotamia.
Assyria was not the only radioactive centre of the Assyrian civilization; there was also Nineveh, an ancient Assyrian city in the upper country. Nineveh was a centre of worship for the goddess Ishtar during the reign of Shamshi the First (roughly 1754 BC – 1721 BC), and because of this, He gave the city a great importance at an early stage. The goddess’ statue was even sent to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhote
The Assyrian civilization .. What do we understand about it?
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