No. Sumerians did. :)
The Sumerians were conquered by the Assyrians and those were conquered by the Chaldean.
Sumerians
The Assyrians were known for being warlike.
Assyrians descended from the Sumerians and Akkadians. When the Assyrian Empire began, they were technically the Sumerians and Akkadians, but there was no "Sumerian Empire" or "Akkadian Empire" at that time. There was earlier, but not then.
They were a militaristic society.
They were a militaristic society.
The Sumerian religion and structure of society.
No, the Assyrians did not invent written law. The Sumerians, a group that inhabited Southern Mesopotamia, did. The Assyrians are descendants of those who are credited to such inventions.
The Israelites, the Phoenicians, the Babylonians, the Sumerians, and the Assyrians
The people that lived in Mesopotamia were Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
They defeated the Sumerians who were the first civilization in history.