Those lands are the lands that now occupy modern Iraq, most of Syria and the northern part of Arabia. The First great civilization was the Sumerian then the Assyrians. After their fall, it was the Akkadian followed by the Babylonians. Have that order memorized. That is going to help you understand history.
Ashurbanipal was the Assyrian king during the height of the Assyrian Empire.
The Assyrian Empire. Persia later took it over.
In this period there were the Akkadian Empire, the Old Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Middle Assyrian Empire, the Neo-Hittite Empire, the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
it is Ashurbanipal
The Assyrian empire was assimilated by Babylonia, which was in turn conquered and assimilated by the Persian empire.
Trade flourished in the Assyrian Empire because there was a vast network of safe roads.
1400 BC to 612 BC (The Assyrian Empire Strikes Back!)
The Assyrian Empire fell in 612 BC.
Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia. Nineveh was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
both were empires
the special thing about the assyrian empire was they were so strong they iron the #1 weapons back in the days
The Neo-Assyrian Empire is usually considered to have begun with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BCE.