Despite the stereotypes, eunuchs clearly often played important roles in the ostensibly masculine world of strategic planning ...

The Aramean invasions of Assyria begin. 934 B.C. (3816) Ashur-dan II establishes the Neo-Assyrian empire. The Empire unifies the Middle East, from Egypt to the Caspian Sea, under one rule and by so ...

There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case ...

Remains of buildings and a collection of stamped jar handles for the first time offer clues to how agricultural produce in ...

The ancient Israelites played an important role in the development of the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, ...

A moving story of a people reclaiming their cultural heritage after an occupying force tried to erase it. Priceless artifacts from the Assyrian Empire were destroyed during the Isis occupation of ...

But despite periods of stable rule, Babylon would always fall to ... to be describing the walls of Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian Empire. He describes a hunting scene that resembles no artwork ...

The great stone figures that today grace the Assyrian Gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art were carved more than 2500 years ago for the palaces and temples of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), ...

How does Home Rule fit into the wider British context? Home Rule was an extremely important concept in the British Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To fully appreciate ...

hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family. What’s more, the empire ...

One of the world's foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, he is the author or co-author of six books on ancient Mesopotamian history and culture. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut. The event is ...

From 1 September 2023, patients with ongoing health issues will be able to obtain two months of medication for the price of one prescription. SBS Assyrian interviewed pharmacist, Maurice Alpeto ...