Assyrian Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Assyrian_Empire

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	ancient people
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Ashur gptkb:Nimrud gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:currency	shekel
gptkbp:dissolved	609 BCE
gptkbp:era	gptkb:Iron_Age Bronze Age
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Assyrians
gptkbp:founded	c. 2500 BCE
gptkbp:governmentType	gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Assyrian Empire
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Aramaic Akkadian
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:militaryBranch	standing army
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality	gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Babylonian_Empire gptkb:Elamite_Empire gptkb:Hittite_Empire Urartu
gptkbp:notableAchievement	ziggurats imperial administration advanced siege warfare art and reliefs extensive road system first large-scale use of iron weapons mass deportations royal libraries
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Fall_of_Nineveh gptkb:Battle_of_Carchemish
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III gptkb:Lachish_reliefs gptkb:Winged_bulls_(Lamassu)
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Old_Assyrian_period
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:ruled	gptkb:Esarhaddon gptkb:Sargon_II gptkb:Sennacherib gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III gptkb:Ashurbanipal gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_Empire gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:Anatolia gptkb:Babylonia gptkb:Levant gptkb:Persia Egypt (temporarily)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:Ashur_(Qal'at_Sherqat) gptkb:Nimrud gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:writingSystem	cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Babylon
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4