The Assyrians
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There are different periods of the Assyrian empire. The first was called the
Old Assyrian period which lasted from 2000-1550 BC. Then there was the Middle
Assyrian period which lasted from 1550-1200 BC. The last was the Neo-Assyrian
period which lasted from 1200-600 BC. The final phase of the ....
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.... was at Kultepe (Kanesh), north of present-day
Kayseri, Turkey. Political developments Brought this enterprise to an end in
1750 BC. Assyria lost its independence to a dynasty of Amorite. Then Hammurabi
of Babylon took over and established himself ruler of Assyria. The collapse of
Hammurabi's Old Babylonian dynasty gave Assyria only temporary relief. It soon
fell under the control of the Mitanni, until that state was destroyed by the
Hittites c.1350 BC.
The Early Neo-Assyrian Period (c ....
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