The book of the historian and linguist Mikhail Mochalov tells how the tiny policy of Ashur arose on the site of the settlement of cattle breeders, how it became an important trading center of the Ancient East, how it turned into the state of Assyria, which acquired territories, absorbed peoples, built roads that served as a model for the Romans centuries later, and finally became the most powerful power - the first empire in the history of mankind. This centuries-old path turned out to be full of events - rapid ups and heavy defeats. But each time Assyria was reborn as a phoenix from the ashes. This was facilitated by a convenient geographical position, a subtle foreign policy, an advanced army equipped with the most modern weapons, and not least - a whole galaxy of talented rulers... The book of Mikhail Mochalov consistently sets out the two-thousand-year history of Ancient Assyria - until its death, when the Pata empire under the blows of the Babylonians and forever disappeared from the world stage.