It was destroyed by the Medes and Chaldeans after the death of Asshurbanipal, and its major cities included Nineveh and Assur.
One ruler of this empire decapitated the "braggart" Teumman, king of Elam, and razed his capital of Hamanu, claiming in his chronicles that they had "plotted evil". That ruler also lost Egypt after Psamtik, with the help of Gyges of Lydia, rebelled. There were several phases of this empire, including one which climaxed during the rule of Tukulti-Ninurta I and another which reached the Mediterranean under Tiglath-Pileser I. Esarhaddon and Sennacherib, who conquered King Hezekiah, were other rulers of this empire. It was destroyed by the Medes and Chaldeans after the death of Asshurbanipal, and its major cities included Nineveh and Assur. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian empire centered north of Babylon.
One ruler of this empire decapitated the "braggart" Teumman, king of Elam, and razed his capital of Hamanu, claiming in his chronicles that they had "plotted evil".
{Assyrian} Empire