Rise of the Assyrians
The Ancients
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The History of the Assyrian Empire
Akhaz: The Assyrian army was obviously a very powerful machine, the most powerful army in Western Asia at that time without question. During the 8th century Syrian horse riders learned to shoot arrows without some other guys of riding next to them, holding their horses. For infantry activities there were moments of long range attacks, essentially the artillery of the ancient world. These were all very efficient and the Assyrians were very good at what they were doing. This is illustrated by an unusual number of stone reliefs with scenes of warfare that were lining the palace not only Tiglith Belize over the third but also later Syrian kings.
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