Middle Assyrian Empire

Overview

The Middle Assyrian Empire was the third stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of Assyria from the accession of Ashur-uballit I c. 1363 BC and the rise of Assyria as a territorial kingdom to the death of Ashur-dan II in 912 BC. The Middle Assyrian Empire was Assyria's first period of ascendancy as an empire. Though the empire experienced successive periods of expansion and decline, it remained the dominant power of northern Mesopotamia throughout the period. In terms of Assyrian history, the Middle Assyrian period was marked by important social, political and religious developments, including the rising prominence of both the Assyrian king and the Assyrian national deity Ashur.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-traced-from:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Assyrian_Empire
• SNAPSHOT1300 BCE
• POLITY TYPEstate

Middle Assyrian Empire at peak under Tukulti-Ninurta I (~1240 BCE): Tigris Valley from Nineveh-Ashur core west across the Khabur to the Euphrates, east into the Zagros foothills.

Wars of this empire1

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Tushratta's Mitanni Campaigns1380–1360 BCE
  Significant