BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Assyria The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
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Assyria The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
Author: Eckart Frahm
Year: 2023
Number of pages: 538
Format: PDF
File size: 39 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2023
Number of pages: 538
Format: PDF
File size: 39 MB
Language: ENG
Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide-ranging conquests have long been known from the Hebrew Bible and later Greek accounts. But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures, their elaborate trade and information networks, and the crucial role played by royal women. Although Assyria was crushed by rising powers in the late seventh century BCE, its legacy endured from the Babylonian and Persian empires to Rome and beyond. Assyria is a stunning and authoritative account of a civilisation essential to understanding the ancient world and our own.