The Story of the Near East in Ancient Times

The Assyrian king Shaumeneser V would conquer Israel and he would incorporate the kingdom of Israel into the Assyrian Empire. By the time that Sennachery became the Assyrian king the Assyrians were as close to their military peak as ever. This completes the story of the Near East in ancient times and brings us to the cusp of the classical world where we would see the fall of Assyria and Babylon before the rise of the Persian empires with the Akaymanids, the Parthians and the Sassanids. Next week will be a complete shifting focus as we move down to Africa and specifically Egypt as we continue the story on pre-donastic Egypt from the