Navigating Through Time: Top 10 Intriguing Aspects of the Assyrian Civilization
Today, we're embarking on a journey through time, delving into the dusty scrolls of ancient history to uncover the might, grandeur, and somewhat brutal legacy of the Assyrians.
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William Robert Shepherd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_empire_750_625.jpg
Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg: Sémhurderivative work: Zunkir, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrie_general.PNG
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail,_Assyrian_military_campaign_in_the_marches_of_southern_Iraq._640-620_BCE._British_Museum.jpg
Sanjar Alimov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_Army_in_battle.jpg
Photo by Bilge Şeyma Kütükoğlu: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-cuneiform-carvings-8349847/
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuneiform_tablet_case_impressed_with_four_cylinder_seals_in_Assyrian_and_Anatolian_styles,_for_cuneiform_tablet_66.245.17a-_loan_of_silver_MET_DP-13441-013.jpg
British Museum, CC BY 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiglath-pileser_III_BM_WA118900.jpg
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashurbanipal,_detail_of_a_lion-hunt_scene_from_Nineveh,_7th_century_BC,_the_British_Museum.jpg
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiglath-Pileser_III_in_his_royal_chariot,_capturing_the_city_of_Astartu,_8th_century_BC,_from_Nimrud,_Iraq._The_British_Museum.jpg
Sanjar Alimov (maxergon.com), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_protective_spirit.jpg
Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashur_symbol_Nimrud.png
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934; King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammurabi_tablet,_British_Museum_90939.jpg
Hammurabi, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Code_of_Hammurabi_103.jpg
Austen Henry Layard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_Assyrian_palaces_from_The_Monuments_of_Nineveh_by_Sir_Austen_Henry_Layard,_1853.jpg
Paul-Emile Botta (1802–1870), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Der_Stier.jpg
Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Residential_quarters_from_the_period_of_the_Assyrian_Trade_Colonies_(19-18th_centuries_BC)_including_ruins_of_houses_and_offices_of_Assyrian_merchants,_Hattusa,_Bo%C4%9Fazkale,_Turkey_(29107971225).jpg
Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kayseri_Archaeological_Museum_2229.jpg
No-color photograph: Gary ToddColor photograph: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gardens_of_Ashurbanipal.jpg
Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ridpath%27s_Universal_history_-_an_account_of_the_origin,_primitive_condition_and_ethnic_development_of_the_great_races_of_mankind,_and_of_the_principal_events_in_the_evolution_and_progress_of_the_(14781241241).jpg
Anthony Huan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrians_pursue_Arabs_on_camelback._Ashurbanipal,_North_Palace_of_Nineveh._660-650_BCE.jpg
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Assyrian_king_Shalmaneser_III_receives_tribute_from_Sua,_king_of_Gilzanu,_The_Black_Obelisk..JPG
Gary Todd, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Assyria-_Basalt_Water_Basin_from_Temple_of_Ashur,_Reign_of_King_Sennacherib,_704-681_BC_(2).jpg
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