Scholarship regarding this polity's exact dating hinges on the word "akallu," which can mean "bent" or "obscured," which Henry Rawlinson claimed referred to a June 15th solar eclipse.
Scholarship regarding this polity's exact dating hinges on the word "akallu," which can mean "bent" or "obscured," which Henry Rawlinson claimed referred to a June 15th solar eclipse. This polity's early kingdom conquered Mari, but lost it when Yasmah Adad was overthrown. Its army had a special division that was well-versed in sapping and bridge-building techniques, and that division is often referred to as the first military engineers. This polity built sculptures of lammasu, and thirteen of its bronze bands were found at Imgur-Enlil that showed scenes from the military exploits of King Shalmaneser III, who built the Great Ziggurat at Kalhu. Falling when the Chaldeans sacked their capital in 612 BCE, for 10 points, name this ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, home to Sargon II and Assurbanipal, with a capital at Nineveh.
Scholarship regarding this polity's exact dating hinges on the word "akallu," which can mean "bent" or "obscured," which Henry Rawlinson claimed referred to a June 15th solar eclipse.
{Assyria} [prompt on {Assur} or {Ashur}]