Neo-Assyrian Empire ![]() māt Aššur | |||||||||||||
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911 BC–609 BC | |||||||||||||
![]() Map of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Shalmaneser III (dark green) and Esarhaddon (light green) | |||||||||||||
Capital | Assur (911–879 BC) Nimrud (879–706 BC) Dur-Sharrukin (706–705 BC) Nineveh (705–612 BC) Harran (612–609 BC) | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Akkadian Aramaic | ||||||||||||
Religion | Ancient Mesopotamian religion | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Notable kings | |||||||||||||
• 911–891 BC | Adad-nirari II (first) | ||||||||||||
• 883–859 BC | Ashurnasirpal II | ||||||||||||
• 859–824 BC | Shalmaneser III | ||||||||||||
• 745–727 BC | Tiglath-Pileser III | ||||||||||||
• 722–705 BC | Sargon II | ||||||||||||
• 705–681 BC | Sennacherib | ||||||||||||
• 681–669 BC | Esarhaddon | ||||||||||||
• 669–631 BC | Ashurbanipal | ||||||||||||
• 612–609 BC | Ashur-uballit II (last) | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||||||
• Accession of Adad-nirari II | 911 BC | ||||||||||||
• Nimrud made capital | 879 BC | ||||||||||||
• Age of the magnates | 823–745 BC | ||||||||||||
• Conquest of Babylonia | 729 BC | ||||||||||||
• Nineveh made capital | 705 BC | ||||||||||||
• Conquest of Egypt | 671 BC | ||||||||||||
• Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | 626–609 BC | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Assur | 614 BC | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Nineveh | 612 BC | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Harran | 609 BC | ||||||||||||
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