Assyrian Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
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