King Esarhaddon ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BCE. He was the third ruler of the Sargonid Dynasty, the ...

Hezekiah had survived an Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, and Manasseh inherited a kingdom that was surrounded by Assyria’s closing grip. Perhaps out of desperation, he seems to have thought that ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE’S SOUL 2500 B.C. - 614 B.C. The siege of ashur in 614 B.C. was long and bloody. The invading Medes forced the city gates, then fought the city’s guards hand to hand through ...

The Bible describes his reign in extensive detail, and he also appears in Assyrian records. In the Bible Book of Isaiah ... King Sennacherib compelled Hezekiah to release him during his siege of ...

Will aid groups such as the Assyrian Aid Society, Open Doors ... Effectively, the Act has created a situation of economic siege and has removed protections that existed for Christian communities in ...

This scenario parallels later Jerusalem, where eighth-century BCE levels reveal a surge of ivory carvings and exotic goods once the city became a prosperous Assyrian vassal. In contrast, researchers ...

The Australian Hellenic Council (AHC) has warmly acknowledged the profound success of the ecumenical evening prayer service held at St. Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne on April 6, honouring the victims ...

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