Antiquity
Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Period
- 900 BC – 601 BC
- Duration
- approx. 299 years
- Greatest extent
- around 675 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.4 million km²
Profile
Strength
Iron weapons, advanced siege engineering and a standing army; infamous for harshness.
Famous figures
- Tiglath-Pileser III
- Sargon II
- Sennacherib
- Esarhaddon
- Ashurbanipal
Wars & battles won
- Conquest of Israel (722 BC)
- Siege of Lachish (701 BC)
- Conquest of Egypt (671 BC)
Wars & battles lost
- Siege of Jerusalem fails (701 BC)
- Fall of Nineveh (612 BC)
Languages
- Akkadian
- Aramaic
Period and duration
Neo-Assyrian Empire — according to the map data from 900 BC to 601 BC, roughly 299 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Neo-Assyrian Empire — greatest extent around 675 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 1.4 million km², roughly 0.9% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (901 BC)
After
- Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Kingdom of Urartu
Neighbours around 675 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in 675 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Neo-Assyrian Empire on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.