A Short History of Assyria and the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Assyria has a long history, beginning in northern Mesopotamia and then expanding during the Neo-Assyrian Empire from Mesopotamia through Asia Minor, and down through Egypt. The empire began in the city of Ashur and went through many different stages of expansion and sacking by a number of kingdoms including the Mittani, the Babylonians and the Hittites.
The Neo-Assyrian Empire, also known as the Late Empire, is the period of the greatest expansion of the Empire, and it’s where their reputation has come from for ruthlessness and cruelty. Under the reign of king Adad Nirari II, he was able to recapture the lands lost during the Middle Empire, including the important region of Eber Nari, and their borders were secured as their expansions continued. Adad Nirari II conquered Babylon, but he learnt from his predecessors and, instead of plundering the city, he entered into a peace treaty with the king by marrying each other's daughters. This meant that Babylon became a powerful ally rather than a problem to be dealt with.
The Neo-Assyrian empire continued to grow as it became more cohesive with the spread of the worship of Ashur and the assimilation of conquered people. The region expanded up the coast of the Mediterranean where they received tribute from the Phoenician cities of Tyre and Sidon and defeated the Armenian kingdom of Urartu under Shalmaneser III. The expansion of the empire ceased after Shalmaneser III with his successor Shamshi Adad V fighting with his brother for control and inciting civil war - which was eventually put down.
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17:22 Decline and Legacy of the Assyrian Empire
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  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia2 жыл бұрын

    Did you know about Ashurbanipal’s Library? What do you imagine we’d think about the ancient Middle East if archaeologists hadn’t discovered it?

  • @watup3494

    @watup3494

    8 ай бұрын

    Assyrians conquered Kurdish land and killed and raped people. Look it up in the Bible, it even mentions it but then makes it look like it was ok to kill people because The Jews disobeyed the God and deserved that. What an idiot God 😂😂😂 Ass-ry-an = Ass+ ry=poop in kurdish and an=poop in farsi. Well done! Truely your name fits you! 😅😅😅😅 Baghdad was a kurdish city. Bagdad in Kurdish means land of lords. Bags were lords and my family are Bags and many Kurds! If you search in Arabic there is no meaning for Bagdad and just says online city of peace which should be مدینە السلام(madina alsalam) so why don't they say madina alsalam? Because Bag dad are both Kurdish words again! Arabs, Pars/fars and Mongols/Turks stole our land, history and language.They stole everything from us Sumerians/Kurds for over a 1000 years with the help of some western countries also! Kerbela also was a kurdish city Ker=donkey lol Kurds used donkeys to move goods around and one time the donkeys got sick and became problem so they named the place ker=donkey bela=problem. Ker is bela! Donkey is problem! Get it Kurds? Wake up please. Kerkuk anyone? Ker+kuk. There is a story behind every city name! The Arabs came up from Arabia and took our land! Also Pars/ Fars new race was made during the times Arabs moved here and Kurdish kingdoms hired these gypsy Arabs and called them Pars, pars/ parastin Fars/Persian are Kurdish words and mean protecter and protecting. Fars have no idea and they even say pars for bark. They have no idea that's where their name Pars came from! They love to say they are Aria but they don't know the real words are Ar+yan= pure being/pure flame in Kurdish. Everything about Fars/Pars is a lie! They believe Evesta belongs to pars but if you gave them the book they have no idea what the words are but Kurds can read it easily because Zertosht meaning Serdasht used to be a cities name and the people from ser dasht were called ser dashty! Their leader of course was called serdashty which became zartoshti in Parsi lol Everything Pars knows is a lie! Many Kurds were assimilated and thought they were pars/fars. Kurus (cyrus) is a Kurdish word and means the Boy and he was a kurdish king. But Pars have no idea what kuru even means in Frasi because again it's a Kurdish word we use everyday to say Boy! Turks are all originated from China! Look it up! I hear Turks say they are indiginous to these lands but if you look it up you'll see all Turks are originated from China! Kurds are descendents of Sumerians, the oldest civilization on Earth so does that mean Kurds are the indiginous people along with Greeks who I belive are very close relatives of Kurds. Even Armenians are from the Balkans! They killed almost 1 million kurds with the help of Russian army and took kurdish land! Assyrians are from Arabian pennensula and their language is proof to this calim, semetic languages are not originated from Masepotamia! Kurdish is new version of Sumerian and kurds are the only people who can read Sumerians tablets! Both languages are the only ergative languages in middle east! Now Pars/Fars can steal our words but they can't steal our Grammer too lol Yes I became racist because I lived amongst Pars/Fars Turkos/Mogols and Arabs! Watch Kurd talks to Turks.

  • @Aliyemeni

    @Aliyemeni

    5 ай бұрын

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  • @Aliyemeni

    @Aliyemeni

    5 ай бұрын

    I am from Yemen, the historic old city of Sanaa, the oldest city in the world ❤

  • @assyriannahrin
    @assyriannahrin Жыл бұрын

    Very well done👍thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Assyrian from Canada here .

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching! 🙂

  • @maryellenvian
    @maryellenvian2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent gallop through Assyrian history, one of the best World History Encyclopedia videos I've seen--and that's saying a lot!

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Mary-Ellen, we are so glad you enjoyed it!

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    @stevenbrown92752 жыл бұрын

    Your episodes just get better and better. Please keep up the great work. Thanks!

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Steven!

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    @historydocumentary2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Bible5771
    @Bible5771 Жыл бұрын

    Wow. This is so well done. Thank you. I learned so much. Keep up the good work

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! We love to hear that. 🙂

  • @PeskyBurb
    @PeskyBurbАй бұрын

    U helped a lot for my research paper of Assyria

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    15 күн бұрын

    We're so happy to hear that. 😊

  • @elihinze3161
    @elihinze31612 жыл бұрын

    My all-time favorite region!!!

  • @jorgeluisromovillalba3063
    @jorgeluisromovillalba3063 Жыл бұрын

    If the Library of Nineveh had not existed or had not been located?... We would be a few thousand years behind, we would not now enjoy the extremely important contributions and knowledge of those tablets. And your exhibition... absolutely fantastic. Thank you, it has helped me to understand some phases of those turbulent periods.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    We agree, and thank you for the kind words! 🙂

  • @joelthorne7434
    @joelthorne74349 ай бұрын

    This is a really excellent, informative video. I’m interesting in ancient Near East history however the dizzying number of civilizations can be difficult to grasp, such as Assyrians and Babylonians and Neo-Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians. Then there are Aramaeans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Hittites, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines. Where to start? The best advice is offered in the video: “It only makes sense to start at the beginning.” So, I will read generalist books on ancient Near East history that provide an overview of the beginnings of these and other civilizations. Thank you!

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your kind words, Joel! It can definitely be overwhelming to learn about all the different cultures, but each one is fascinating. Happy reading! 😊

  • @sensibleperson8208
    @sensibleperson82084 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @Aliyemeni
    @Aliyemeni5 ай бұрын

    A special greeting to all my friends from Yemen, the historic old city of Sanaa ❤

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching!

  • @CountNosaj
    @CountNosaj2 жыл бұрын

    Tiglath-Pileser I was a particularly fearsome fellow. A book I have says that he staked whole populations from groin to shoulder, à la Vlad the Impaler!

  • @Aliyemeni
    @Aliyemeni5 ай бұрын

    Welcome my friend 👍

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

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    @henrygoodbar94772 жыл бұрын

    Cool shirt

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    @melvinjones38952 жыл бұрын

    Can you read cuneiform. have you met Irving Finkel I have 2 books by Finkel

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi2 жыл бұрын

    fascinating

  • @larsbitsch-larsen6988
    @larsbitsch-larsen6988 Жыл бұрын

    Very good. Short and informative. Just one point. The hanging gardens (image) of Babylon were according to Stephanie Daley´s book in Nineveh.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Noted!

  • @arieladalid9910
    @arieladalid99102 жыл бұрын

    beautiful video, the Assyrians were so bloodthirsty but at the same time the legacy they left us is immense.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @assyriannahrin

    @assyriannahrin

    Жыл бұрын

    How did you come to this conclusion that they were blood thirsty? What would call the Mongols then if Assyrians with all their contributions to the world are blood thirsty!

  • @assyriannahrin

    @assyriannahrin

    Жыл бұрын

    All ancient empires were RUTHLESS, BRUTAL AND MORE. I am not sure why someone would think Assyrians were like this only!

  • @inannamardokh995
    @inannamardokh995 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊 💓

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @OSUex
    @OSUex3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for making this video. I love the content. However, I want to mention that the name "Sennacherib" should not be pronounced with the "ch" sound in "church". In English, it should be pronounced with the "ch" sound in "mechanic" or "chemistry". The original is believed to be voiceless velar fricative such as /kh/ in the Persian name Khomeini. But in English we usually approximate that sound as a "k".

  • @user-ov1vf7cb6b
    @user-ov1vf7cb6b2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect

  • @cyclez6317
    @cyclez6317 Жыл бұрын

    Sorry to bother but how do u guys make such stunning maps I really like the art style and im also thinking of maybe using the same software for a d and d campaign

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi! I'd have to ask our graphic designer who makes all our maps. You can find our maps here: worldhistory.org/mapselect/ Thanks for watching! 🙂

  • @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian
    @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian10 ай бұрын

    Civilizations of Mesopotamia(Iraq)❤️ Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria❤️ Arabian Gulf❤️

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    10 ай бұрын

    Fascinating civilisations. Thanks for watching!

  • @tonyazzo8988
    @tonyazzo89882 жыл бұрын

    yes we still around, in the middle east and western world.

  • @Chase_baker_1996
    @Chase_baker_19962 жыл бұрын

    I wish I was more interested in history in high school

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Chase_baker_1996

    @Chase_baker_1996

    2 жыл бұрын

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    @Chase_baker_1996

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @starcapture3040

    @starcapture3040

    2 жыл бұрын

    in high school they don't teach history but propaganda

  • @Chase_baker_1996

    @Chase_baker_1996

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@starcapture3040 wtf are you talking about?

  • @user-ew5fm6kb2s
    @user-ew5fm6kb2s8 ай бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

  • @asnakeabdi
    @asnakeabdi2 жыл бұрын

    Do their descendants survive today ?

  • @TheObserversTV

    @TheObserversTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I'm Assyrian

  • @yaqo6577

    @yaqo6577

    2 жыл бұрын

    Assyriology degrees don’t usually cover anything post-empire so these KZreadrs never really mention it. She brings up Herodotus, but nothing about his and other ancient Greeks writings describing Assyrians still living around the ruins of these cities. Old Mosul was just north of Nineveh

  • @WilliamGMalek

    @WilliamGMalek

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, we Assyrians are still around, vibrant and strong.

  • @asnakeabdi

    @asnakeabdi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WilliamGMalek Okay, so what language do you speak?

  • @asnakeabdi

    @asnakeabdi

    2 жыл бұрын

    What constitute an Assyrian?

  • @starcapture3040
    @starcapture30402 жыл бұрын

    but why the babylonians didn't take these clay tablets to Babylon? or the maids have done most of the destruction?

  • @babylonkid

    @babylonkid

    2 жыл бұрын

    They did. King Ashur sent his sages, priests, and other scholars to Babylon as well as the rest of Mesopotamia to gather tablets and bring them back to Nineveh.

  • @gl4505
    @gl4505 Жыл бұрын

    Assyrian Cities= Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Nippur, Borsippa, Akkad, Shumar, Babel, Sippar, Basra, Ashur, Ninveh, Arbil, Arafa ( Kerkuk), Mari, Telkeppe, Barwar, Alkush, Bagdede, Zakho, Hatra, Shaklawa, Bartelle, Akra, Nuhadra, Simele, Nahla, Urmia, Salamas, Hakkari, Botan, Gziro, Ğarzan, Besheriye, Sert, Meletini, Omid, Shemshat, Kashiyari (Turabdin ), Urshina (Merde), Nsibin, Savro, Khasnokefo, Bethzabdai, Midyath, Urheu, Haleb, Zalin, Gozarto, Khabur, Teltamer, Rishaino, Antakya

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. 🙂

  • @GoogleUserOne
    @GoogleUserOne2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. I did. They are lucky to survive the “sea people,” and got put to sleep by the man the Greeks and Romans called the father.

  • @andreeshak3269
    @andreeshak32692 жыл бұрын

    Babylon was an Assyrian city anything else is not true