It was while trying to help this empire that Pharaoh Necho fought Judah in the Battle of Megiddo.
The Taylor Prism describes a ruler of this empire, who reportedly shut up an opposing king in his residence "like a bird in a cage." This empire built a capital at Dur Sharrukin and it defeated the Egyptians under Taharqa. It was while trying to help this empire that Pharaoh Necho fought Judah in the Battle of Megiddo. This empire effectively fell during a sacking of the capital by Medes and Chaldeans. One of its rulers had a namesake library at the capital where the standard version of the Epic of Gilgamesh was found. It conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel, but could not take Jerusalem. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian empire with such rulers as Ashurbanipal, which fell during the sacking of its capital, Nineveh.
The Taylor Prism describes a ruler of this empire, who reportedly shut up an opposing king in his residence "like a bird in a cage.
Assyrian Empire [accept Neo-Assyrian]