Western Civilization I / Unit 2 WC1 0116 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Assyrian Rule: Terror, Tribute, a Library, and 612
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The idea
Assyria ruled by extraction and terror: deportation, mutilation, yearly tribute. Tiglath-Pileser III reached the Mediterranean; Esarhaddon took Egypt in six seventy-one. Ashurbanipal built a library.
In practice
Nineveh sacked in six twelve by Babylon and the Medes; the state ended six oh nine.
Where people slip
The anchor's chapter three gives six oh nine for both; chapter five gives six twelve for Nineveh. Both are right.
Your place on the trail
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