What characteristic distinguished the Assyrians from the Sumerians and the Babylonians?

Answer 1

Answer 1

They were a militaristic society.

Answer 2

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. The difference between then was the common ancestor. Sumerian means in the ancient language, land of Shem who was one of Noah's sons. The Assyrians have Assur, son of Shem as the common ancestor. Another area most know was the land of Elam who was Assur brother who lived east of the land of Assur and the land of Aram who was the other brother and father of the Aramean's. the land was also in Syria.

Answer 3

The Assyrians were more ambitious and expansionist, establishing an empire which the height of technological, scientific and cultural achievements for its time. stretched from Cyprus to Iran, and the Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and eastern Libya. It also became the center of technological, scientific and cultural achievements for its time, outreaching the more limited Babylonians and Sumerians.