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13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

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Esahadon's Miscalculation

As esahadon's death neared, the question of his succession became a pressing concern. He had seen first hand what a civil war over the throne could do to tear the empire apart. Determined not to repeat his father's mistakes, he decided on an inventive course of action. It was a beautiful vision, but a mistaken one. The war he caused would usher in the final chapter of the syrian age. A slave girl of belahusur, in the suburb of haran, since the month of sevan, she is enraptured and speaks these prophecies about him. It is the word of nusku, i will destroy the name and seed

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