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In the Old Assyrian period, when Assyria was merely a city-state centered on the city of Assur, the state was typically referred to as ālu Aššur ("city of Ashur"). From the time of its rise as a territorial state in the 14th century BC and onward, Assyria was referred to in official documents as māt Aššur ("land of Ashur"), marking its shift to being a regional polity.
English: This map show the territorial organization of Assyrian Empire un times of Ashurbanipal, in dark green is show the pahitu/pahutu (provinces) of the empire, in yellow the matu (subjects kingdoms of the empire) and in cream color the kingdom of Babylon, the yellow points show other subjects kingdoms and the black points the pahitu/pahutu (provinces) of the Babylon kingdom, and with brown ...
English: Map with the main cities of Assyria and Upper Mesopotamia during the medio-assyrian (ca. 1365-934 BC) and neo-assyrian period (ca. 934-609 BC). Français : Localisation des principales villes de l'Assyrie et de la Haute Mésopotamie durant les périodes médio-assyrienne (ca. 1365-934 av. J.-C.) et néo-assyrienne (ca. 934-609 av. J.-C.).
The Middle Assyrian Empire was the third stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of Assyria from the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1363 BC and the rise of Assyria as a territorial kingdom [1] to the death of Ashur-dan II in 912 BC. [a] The Middle Assyrian Empire was Assyria's first period of ascendancy as an empire. Though the empire ...
1850 BC - c. 1700 BC (Old Assyrian) Map showing the approximate extent of the Upper Mesopotamian Empire at the death of Shamshi-Adad I c. 1721 BC. Map of the Ancient Near East showing the city-state Assur within the territory of the First Babylonian Dynasty during the reign of King Hammurabi 's son and successor, Samsu-iluna (light green) c ...
In the Neo-Assyrian Empire (912–605 BC), the royal residence was transferred to other Assyrian cities. Ashur-nasir-pal II (884–859 BC) moved the capital from Assur to Kalhu ( Calah / Nimrud ) following a series of successful campaigns and produced some of the greatest artworks in the form of colossal lamassu statues and low-relief ...
The Old Assyrian period was the second stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of the city of Assur from its rise as an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I c. 2025 BC [c] to the foundation of a larger Assyrian territorial state after the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1363 BC, [d] which marks the beginning of the succeeding Middle Assyrian period.