Neo-Assyrian Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Dur-Sharrukin
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Dur-Sharrukin
gptkbp:currency shekel
gptkbp:endDate 609 BC
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Arameans
gptkb:Assyrians
gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Chaldeans
gptkb:Elamites
gptkb:Medes
gptkbp:fallCause internal strife
invasion by Medes and Babylonians
gptkbp:fleetSize professional standing army
gptkbp:governmentType absolute monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neo-Assyrian Empire
gptkbp:knownFor administrative reforms
extensive library at Nineveh
imperial expansion
large-scale deportations
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:militaryInnovation iron weapons
siege warfare
gptkbp:notableBuilding palace of Sargon II
walls of Nineveh
ziggurats
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Carchemish_(605_BC)
gptkb:Fall_of_Nineveh_(612_BC)
gptkb:Sack_of_Thebes_(663_BC)
gptkb:Siege_of_Jerusalem_(701_BC)
gptkbp:notablePlace Assyrian
Lamassu statues
clay tablets
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkb:Sargon_II
gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Shalmaneser_III
gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III
gptkb:Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Aramaic
Akkadian
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Middle_Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:startDate 911 BC
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:Assyria
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Levant
gptkb:Elam
Egypt (briefly)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Aramaic_script
cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dragon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4