because they did
because they did
He was a king, when Sargon died, Hammurabi had the power to take over Mesopotamia because he was a ruler, a king
because they did
539 BCE.
Assyria's military power and well-organized government helped conquer a vast empire in Mesopotamia by 650 BC. It did not hurt that there was already a substantial population in Mesopotamia who could be harnessed both for their agricultural ability, but also to be draft soldiers in the Assyrian Army.
The Persians allied with the Medes to develop the power to take over Assyrian and Babylonian Empires, then used the accumulated naval and army resources to take i the whole Middle East, Central Asia and Libya-Egypt..
yes
Egypt never was able to press control further east than the upper Levant (Lebanon and Syria). They never controlled Mesopotamia.
He was the general of the Continental Army.
his army
Being able to take over
because the king wanted royalty only in his family