Resource Manager Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian HistoryUniversity of PennsylvaniaNeo-Assyrian History"Sargon II in conversation, probably with the crown prince Sennacherib. Stone orthostat from Façade L of the royal palace of Dūr-Šarrukīn (modern Khorsabad). Louvre, AO 19873-4. Photo by Karen Radner.In the fourteenth-thirteenth centuries, during the reigns of Adad-nārārī I and his successors, Assyria first became a formidable military and political power. During the reign of Tiglath-pileser I (1114-1076 BC), Assyria's armies marched far afield from the Assyrian heartland, from Babylonia in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. This king's victories on the battlefield were accompanied by profound economic and cultural advances. Assyria's greatness, however, did not last. It disappeared faster than it had been achieved. Pressure from encroaching Aramean tribal groups in the west and several successive years of bad harvests were major factors in Assyria's rapid decline. Until Aššur-dān II came to power during the second half of the tenth century BC (934-912 BC), Assyria was politically, militarily, and economically weak."Continued @ Website H/t: BiblePlacesBlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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