Assyria

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ancient Mesopotamian kingdom ancient empire

Assyria was an ancient Mesopotamian kingdom and later empire known for its powerful military, advanced administration, and influential cities such as Nineveh and Ashur.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Assyrian Empire	18
Neo-Assyrian Empire	17
Assyrian civilization	3
Ancient Assyria	1
Assyrian	1
Neo-Assyrian Empire (in parts of its territory)	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Mesopotamian kingdom ⓘ ancient empire ⓘ
administrativeInnovation	provincial system ⓘ royal road network ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ surface form: Khorsabad Nimrud ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ
capital	Ashur ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Hittite Empire ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ textile production ⓘ trade ⓘ
endDate	612 BCE ⓘ
endEvent	Fall of Nineveh ⓘ
era	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Assyrians ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasLibrary	Library of Ashurbanipal ⓘ
historicalPhase	Middle Assyrian ⓘ surface form: Middle Assyrian period Assyria self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Old Assyrian ⓘ surface form: Old Assyrian period
knownFor	advanced administration ⓘ extensive use of iron weaponry ⓘ large-scale deportations ⓘ monumental palace architecture ⓘ powerful military ⓘ relief sculpture ⓘ
legalSystem	Middle Assyrian Laws ⓘ
locatedIn	Mesopotamia ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
majorCity	Ashur ⓘ Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ Kalhu ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic	cavalry units ⓘ professional standing army ⓘ use of siege engines ⓘ
modernCountryTerritory	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
namedAfter	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Ashur (deity)
notableRuler	Ashurbanipal ⓘ Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ Esarhaddon ⓘ Sargon II ⓘ Sennacherib ⓘ Shalmaneser III ⓘ Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
officialLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ
partOf	Ancient Near East ⓘ
patronDeity	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Ashur (deity)
predecessor	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Old Assyrian city-state of Ashur
religion	Babylonian polytheism ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian religion
rulingClass	kings ⓘ
startDate	c. 25th century BCE ⓘ
successor	Median Empire ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shalmaneser V → regionRuled → Assyria ⓘ

Tiglath-Pileser III → regionRuled → Assyria ⓘ

Hittite Empire → rival → Assyria ⓘ

Byblos → ruledBy → Assyria ⓘ