Assirie, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic kinrick an empire o the Auncient Near East, existit as an independent state for a period o approximately nineteen centuries, frae the 25t century BC tae 605 BC, spannin the mid tae Early Bronze Age throu tae the late Airn Age.
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Auld Assirian Empire
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| 1250 BC–612 BC |
 Owerview cairt o the Auncient Near East in the 15t century BC (Middle Assirian period), shawin the core territory o Assirie wi its twa major ceeties Assur an Nineveh wedged atween Babylonie dounstream (tae the sooth-east) an the states o Mitanni an Hatti upstream (tae the north-wast). |
| Caipital | Aššur |
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| Common leids | Akkadian
Sumerian |
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| Releegion | Mesopotamian releegion |
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| Govrenment | Monarchy |
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• 2025 BC | Puzur-Ashur I (first) |
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• 1392-1366 BC | Eriba-Adad I (last) |
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| Historical era | Mesopotamia |
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• Kikkiya owerthrown | 1250 BC |
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• Decline o Assirie | 612 BC |
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| Middle Assirian Empire |
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| The day pairt o | Iraq |
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