Fall of Civilizations Podcast 13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
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Xenophon's Discovery
- Xenophon and 10,000 Greek mercenaries found massive ruins in Iraq while retreating.
- The cities, later identified as Nimrud and Nineveh, were already ancient ruins in 401 BC.
Assyrian Perspective
- The Assyrians viewed themselves as a cutting-edge civilization, not a primitive one.
- They possessed a rich history, inheriting knowledge from Sumerians and Akkadians.
Rise of Ashur
- The city of Ashur, strategically located on the Tigris River, became a wealthy trading hub.
- It housed numerous temples and developed its own god, Ashur, who rose to supremacy.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Xenophon's Tapols Er
02:56 • 2min
The Names of the Cities of Nineveh and Nimrud
04:27 • 4min
The Fall of Civilizations Podcast
08:49 • 3min
The Assyrian Empire
12:06 • 2min
The Assyrians - The Story of the Sumerians
14:24 • 2min
A Brief History of Ashur
16:30 • 4min
Religion in Mesopotamia
20:52 • 3min
Assyria - The People of Ashur
23:43 • 4min
Assyria and the Bronze Age Collapse
27:20 • 3min
Assyria's History
30:06 • 3min
Assyria - The First Tiglath Pelese
32:50 • 2min
Assyrian King Tiglath Pelesa
34:40 • 2min
I Killed a Nahiru in the Great Sea of the Land of Amu
36:16 • 2min
The Year of the Assyrian King, Tiglath Pelasa
38:32 • 3min
The History of Assyria
41:06 • 5min
Ashur Nazipal and the Assyrian Empire
46:07 • 4min
The Assyrian Army
50:02 • 4min
The Assyrian Army
53:54 • 3min
Assyria's Industrial Revolution
57:07 • 4min
Mesopotamia - The City of Babylon
01:01:00 • 5min
The Assyrian Empire
01:05:46 • 2min
The Great Assyrian City of Nineveh
01:07:40 • 2min
The Assyrians Loved to Drink Beer
01:09:59 • 2min
A Brief History of Assyria
01:11:50 • 2min
Exorcisms for Epilepsy
01:13:48 • 2min
The Importance of Cylinder Seals
01:15:45 • 2min
The Drama of the Sargonid Kings
01:17:53 • 2min
The Young King of Assyria
01:20:04 • 2min
The Religion of the Ancient Israelites in Assyria
01:22:17 • 4min
The Assyrian Army, a Great Disaster in Judah
01:26:09 • 3min
Assyrian Siege Engines
01:29:24 • 4min
'Bat Bavil Hasuda Asrass'
01:33:45 • 2min
Hezekiah's Assyrian Siege
01:35:40 • 3min
Assyria Campaign Ends in an Embarrasse
01:38:12 • 2min
What to Do With Babylon
01:39:53 • 3min
A Brief History of Assyria
01:43:19 • 3min
Senachareb's Garden in Nineveh
01:46:05 • 2min
Sanakrib and Essarhadon
01:48:06 • 2min
The Treaty of Assyria
01:50:24 • 2min
Esahadon's Exile From Nineveh
01:52:19 • 3min
A Brief History of Esarhadon
01:55:26 • 3min
Etarhadon's Rebuilding
01:58:08 • 2min
The Assyrian King's Depression
01:59:52 • 2min
Esahadon's Miscalculation
02:02:10 • 3min
The Prophecy of the Substitute King
02:04:44 • 4min
Ashur Banipal - The First Assyrian King to Read
02:08:45 • 2min
Assyria's Newest Imperial Possession
02:10:41 • 2min
Assyria - The Story of Ashubanipal
02:13:06 • 4min
The Unfaithful Brother of Assyria
02:17:24 • 2min
The Assyrians and Ashur Banipal
02:19:15 • 3min
Ashubanipal's War of Extermination
02:21:46 • 2min
The Lone Hunter Reliefs of Nineveh
02:23:57 • 3min
The Lone Hunters of Assyria
02:26:32 • 3min
Stalagmites in the Kunaba Caves of Northern Irak
02:29:15 • 4min
Assyria and the Medes
02:33:41 • 3min
The Last 12 Years of Assyria's Great King
02:36:34 • 2min
The Story of Assyria
02:38:40 • 2min
The Assyrian Dream
02:40:39 • 4min
The Battle of Nineveh
02:44:35 • 3min
The Battle of Nineveh
02:47:40 • 4min
Nineveh - The Great City of Assyria
02:51:23 • 3min
The Great Ruins of Nineveh
02:54:46 • 2min
The Lament for a City
02:56:58 • 4min
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In the lowlands of Northern Iraq, a series of enormous cities lies crumbling in ruins...
In this episode, find out about one of the most remarkable ancient civilizations: the society known today as the neo-Assyrian Empire. Discover how the Assyrians built their empire out of the ashes of the Bronze Age, and built an empire of iron that lasted for centuries. Explore the extraordinary flourishing of art and technology that they fostered. And finally, discover what happened to cause their final, devastating collapse.