The Assyrians began to expand to the…

909 BCE to 766 BCE

The Assyrians began to expand to the west in the early part of the ninth century BCE; by 859 they reach  the Mediterranean Sea, where they occupy Phoenician cities.

Damascus and Babylon fall to the next generations of Assyrian rulers.

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Ashurnasirpal II View →

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Mesopotamia View → Semites View → Phoenicians View → Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire) View → Assyrian people View →

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Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE View →

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Domestic animals View → Strategic metals View →

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Watercraft View → Conflict View → Government View → Technology View → Movements View →

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