13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Young King of Assyria
After only two years of rule, several assyrian vassals stopped paying their tribute to the empire. Sonacharib quickly gathered the full force of the imperial army and dealt with the rebel kings in the usual assyrian fashion. He first marched east and crushed the peoples of the iranian lowlands. Then he marched north and round the fertile crescent to the mediterranean coast and reconquered the rebellious kingdoms there.
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