Great Britain invited most recently and tragically, the Assyrians as an ally in World War One. The Assyrians were drawn into the conflict following successive massacres against the civilian population ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried ...

Although the Assyrian empire ended in 612 B.C., history is replete with recorded details of the continuous ... Many worked as carpenters, masons, painters, and tailors while others worked in factories ...

It was the largest land empire that had yet been created, and it was the result of the prodigious Assyrian war-machine. Lachish, about 25 miles (40 km) south-west of Jerusalem, is today known as ...

The latest findings cast light on the history of a major civilization that is considered to be one of the world's first ...

Archaeologists unveiled new treasures from the ancient Temple of Ninurta in Nimrud, Iraq shedding light on Assyrian ...

A joint team of American and Iraqi archaeologists returned to the ruins of Nimrud, the once-thriving capital city of the ...

But when not at war, the people of this ancient civilization ... many of which can still be admired today. The Assyrian Empire was relatively short-lived, but its legacy shaped later civilizations ...

911-605BC - Area part of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. 605-539BC - Becomes part of ... 1940 - Fall of France in World War Two sees Syria under the control of Vichy France until British and Free French ...

911-605BC - Area part of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. 605-539BC - Becomes part of ... 1940 - Fall of France in World War Two sees Syria under the control of Vichy France until British and Free French ...