Assyria The rise and fall of the world's first empire

Owain Williams

REVIEWS By Eckart Frahm ISBN: 978-1526623836 Bloomsbury (2023) - £14.99 www.bloomsbury.com Of all ancient civilizations, the Assyrian Empire might be the one that is best remembered for its military conquests, possibly second only to Rome. At its height, the Assyrian Empire controlled a vast territory from Egypt to Iran, and it seems that the campaigns undertaken to conquer these lands were what was remembered most about the Assyrians, both by themselves and by those they conquered. However, while the history of Rome, especially its early history, seems to be little more than a series of wars that expanded Rome’s power, Assyria’s early history has no hint of its later status as the largest empire the world may have seen up to that point. Its martial, and often bloodthirsty reputation obscures…

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