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Assirie, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic kinrick an empire o the Auncient Near East, existit as an independent state for a period o approximately nineteen centuries, frae the 25t century BC tae 605 BC, spannin the mid tae Early Bronze Age throu tae the late Airn Age.
Auld Assirian Empire | |||||||
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1250 BC–612 BC | |||||||
![]() Owerview cairt o the Auncient Near East in the 15t century BC (Middle Assirian period), shawin the core territory o Assirie wi its twa major ceeties Assur an Nineveh wedged atween Babylonie dounstream (tae the sooth-east) an the states o Mitanni an Hatti upstream (tae the north-wast). | |||||||
Caipital | Aššur | ||||||
Common leids | Akkadian Sumerian | ||||||
Releegion | Mesopotamian releegion | ||||||
Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||
Keeng | |||||||
• 2025 BC | Puzur-Ashur I (first) | ||||||
• 1392-1366 BC | Eriba-Adad I (last) | ||||||
Historical era | Mesopotamia | ||||||
• Kikkiya owerthrown | 1250 BC | ||||||
• Decline o Assirie | 612 BC | ||||||
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