Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Frahm, Eckart Eckart Frahm,

ISBN 10: 1526623838 / ISBN 13: 9781526623836

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing -, 2024

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• Title: Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire (Bloomsbury Publishing)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing -
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526623838
• ISBN 13: 9781526623836
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria

At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen.

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.