Middle Assyrian Empire

Middle Assyrian Empire was an empire in Mesopotamia (Middle East) that lasted from 1365 to 912 BCE, about 453 years. Its people spoke Semitic languages (Akkadian, Amorite, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya).

Ashur-uballit I freed Assur from Mitanni, and Tukulti-Ninurta I sacked Babylon. The kingdom shrank during the Bronze Age collapse but held on to its Assyrian core.

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Facts

Dates

1365 to 912 BCE

Duration

453 years

Type

Empire

Region

Mesopotamia, Middle East

Language family

Semitic

Capital

Assur

Came from

• Old Assyrian city-state c. 2025 to 1365 BCE

Became

• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
• 1177 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
• 1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet

Neighbours in Middle East

• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
• Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
• Kingdom of Judah c. 930 to 587 BCE
• Mitanni c. 1550 to 1260 BCE
• Kingdom of Israel c. 930 to 720 BCE
• Dilmun c. 2800 to 544 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

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