During these centuries, a common, unspoken language of symbols often reflected the region's shifting geopolitics, allegiances ...

The Trojan War was one of the most significant and famous events in Greek history – at least, as far as the ancient Greeks ...

Some of the major societies impacted by the so-called "Bronze Age Collapse” were the Middle Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia ... can easily falter and fall.

Despite its short existence, it played a crucial diplomatic role among major powers, maintaining connections with both the Assyrian Empire and King Midas of Phrygia ... led to its mysterious ...

Episode 43 - Silver plate showing Shapur II. Silver plate showing Shapur II (fourth century AD), made in Iran. Many of you will recognise the resounding opening music of the film ...

The fear of that often prompts a superficial reference to the final fall of the Roman Republic or the end of Greek ... Phoenician city-states were successively conquered or subjugated by the Assyrian, ...

Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project ...

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BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle ...

The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved the capital to Dur-Sharukin (modern Khorshabad) in 717 B.C. The city is located 4 miles south-west of ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the fall of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria on Sunday and argued that it was a "direct result" of Israeli attacks on Iran and Hezbollah. Netanyahu ...