Assyrian Empire
WHS that were part of the Assyrian Empire, "a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC." (wiki)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Uruk went into a steep decline until about 850 BC when the Neo-Assyrian Empire annexed it as a provincial capital. Under the Neo-Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians, Uruk regained much of its former glory (wiki) | |
| Aleppo | "in the 12th century BC, when Aleppo became part of the Middle Assyrian Empire...Aleppo and the entirety of the Levant was conquered by the Assyrians in the 8th century BC and became part of the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III until the late 7th century BC," (wiki) | |
| Ancient Thebes | Seized by the Assyrians in 664 BC | |
| Arslantepe Mound | - The long sequence of the site covers several millennia at least from the 6th millennium BC until the final destruction of the neo-Hittite town by Sargon II of Assyria in 712 BC. After a short neo-Assyrian occupation, the site was abandoned. (Executive summary, p. 2) | |
| Ashur | "Its most important role was from the 14th to 9th century BC when it was the first capital of the Assyrian empire, the religious capital of Assyrians, and the place for crowning and burial of its kings." (OUV crit iii) | |
| Biblical Tells | "The independent Kingdom of Israel ended in the 8th century BC with conquest by the Assyrians, who largely destroyed the tel towns. Both Beer Sheba and Hazor were immediately abandoned; some settlement persisted at Megiddo until the early 4th century, when it, too, was finally abandoned." (AB ev) | |
| Byblos | Subject to Assyrian kings in the 8th and 7th century BC | |
| Damascus | "By the 8th century BC, Damascus was practically engulfed by the Assyrians and entered a Dark Age. Nonetheless, it remained the economic and cultural center of the Near East as well as the Arameaen resistance. In 727, a revolt took place in the city but was put down by Assyrian forces. After Assyria led by Tiglath-Pileser III went on a wide-scale campaign of quelling revolts throughout Syria, Damascus became subjugated by their rule.... However, Assyrian authority was dwindling by 609–605 BC" (wiki) | |
| Erbil Citadel | appears for the first time in historical sources during the Ur III period, and gained particular importance during the Neo-Assyrian period (wiki) | |
| Hawraman/Uramanat | "(...) the region was occupied by the Assyrians during their military campaigns into the Zagros." "(...) in an inscription found in Palangan Village, the Assyrian invasion and conquest of the region has been fully described showing that the region was vulnerable to direct attack from alien or neighboring forces making a strong effect on the architectural structure of villages." (Nomination file, p. 37, 82) | |
| Old City of Acre | Acre came under Assyrian influence and control as the Assyrian Empire expanded westward in the 8th century BC. | |
| Paphos | "It was part of a Cypriot political landscape that was under the suzerainty of the Assyrian Empire for a period, especially during the 7th century BC. The local kings, including the ruler of Paphos, were subordinate to the Assyrian king and had certain obligations, but they retained their own rule." | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | Memphis was captured by the Assyrians in 671BC (wiki) | |
| Tyre | "Tyre started paying tribute to the Neo-Assyrians who gradually established sovereignty over Phoenicia." (wiki) |
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