Neo-Assyrian period

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Dur-Sharrukin
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Dur-Sharrukin
gptkbp:currency silver
gptkbp:endDate 609 BC
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neo-Assyrian period
gptkbp:knownFor administrative reforms
large-scale deportations
military expansion
palace reliefs
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
Akkadian
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Black_Obelisk_of_Shalmaneser_III
gptkb:Lachish_reliefs
gptkb:Winged_bulls_(Lamassu)
gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkb:Sargon_II
gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III
gptkb:Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Middle_Assyrian_period
gptkbp:region gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Western_Iran
gptkb:Northern_Iraq
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Assyrian_religion
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Fall_of_Nineveh
Destruction of Israel
Expansion into Egypt
gptkbp:startDate 911 BC
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Levant
gptkb:Mesopotamia
Egypt (briefly)
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Nineveh (tentative)
Nimrud (tentative)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Aramaic_script
Cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nimrud_Letters
gptkb:BM_35382
gptkb:Kurkh_Monolith
gptkb:Middle_Assyrian_period
gptkb:Nusku
gptkb:Lamassu_sculptures
gptkb:Sippar
gptkb:Nergal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6