Assyrians - Kingdom of God Assur from Tigris to Taurus

The city of Assyria and the kingdom that took its name from this city were founded in Northern Iraq, on the banks of the Tigris River, in the early 2nd millennium BC and existed almost uninterruptedly for approximately 1400 years until the end of the 7th century BC. Assyrian king lists, although there are some ambiguities, first in Assyria (Kalat Şerkat) for more than 1000 years and then during the Neo-Assyrian Period, respectively; It contains the names of the kings who reigned in capitals such as Kalhu (Nimrud), Dur-Sharrukin (Horsabad) and Nineveh (Koyuncuk). In this respect, Assyria is one of the states that has maintained its form of government and institutions for the longest time in the Near East. The state model, which took shape in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC and developed with the contribution of the Sumerians and Akkadians, matured with the contribution of the Assyrians over a long historical process. This model, which was created by the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom with the knowledge it received from the deep-rooted Mesopotamian civilizations, seems to have been adopted and imitated in many aspects by all post-Assyrian kingdoms and empires in the Near East, along with its understanding of kingship and palace plan and its units.

The city of Aššur, and the kingdom with its name derived from this city, were established by the early 2nd millennium BC along the bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq, and continued their existence almost uninterrupted for about 1400 years until the end of the 7th century BC. Assyrian king lists provide a chronology of kings with their capital cities. Albeit with some uncertainties, the sequence begins with the names of kings who reigned at the city of Aššur (Qal'at Sherqat) for more than 1000 years and continues in chronological order with kings who resided in the capital cities of the Neo-Assyrian Period , namely Kalhu (Nimrud), Dur-Šarruken (Khorsabad) and Nineveh (Koyunjuk). In this regard, among all states known in ancient Near Eastern history, the Assyrian Kingdom is one of those which maintained its political regime and its institutions of government for the longest time. The political model of governance that had begun to take shape in Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC in the lands of Sumer and Akkad matured under Assyrian rule throughout a long historical process of political development. The model of royal sovereignty and its associated institutions of governance and palace architecture, developed by the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom which built upon the experiences and traditions of deep-rooted Mesopotamian civilizations, were adopted and imitated in multiple ways by all kingdoms and empires which followed Assyria in the Near East.

Dough Type: Matte Coated

Number of Pages: 480

Size: 23.5 x 33

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition