Assyrians had an empire for a thousand years. But if you had to sum them up in a couple of words, they were 1) efficient and 2) brutal.
Assyrian civilization
For all we know, he may be. However it was an Assyrian civilization which overruled Babylonia at the time of the invention of his Code so pretty much he was an Assyrian.
the assyrian empire is the monotheists
When the Babylonian and Median armies attacked Nineveh, the capital city and heart of Assyria, the Assyrian empire collapsed.
A. Leo Oppenheim has written: 'Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Vol. 4E' 'Ancient Mesopotamia' -- subject(s): Civilization, Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian 'Letters from Mesopotamia' -- subject(s): Civilization 'Untersuchungen zum babylonischen Mietrecht' -- subject(s): Hire, Leases, Law, Assyro-Babylonian 'Ancient Mesopotamia: portrait of a dead civilization' -- subject(s): Civilization, Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian 'Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the Universe) (Assyrian Dictionary ... of the Oriental Institute of the Univers)'
Assyrian Empire of the Fertile Crescent civilization was the first to use a cavalry. The Assyrian army used cavalry and infantry units to conquer many enemies. The Assyrian Empire lasted nearly 1900 years from 2000 B.C. to 605 B.C.
babylon
Assyrian, then Babylonian, then Persian.
Ashur, in today's northern Iraq. Its current name is Qalat Sharqat.
Ashur was located in northern Iraq, today called Qalat Sherqat.
Egypt, Phoenicia, Mesopotamia.
The ancient civilizations of North Africa are Kush, Egypt, Zimbabwe, and Axum