By combining ancient inscriptions with biological evidence, researchers reconstructed a snapshot of daily life in the ...

1765 B.C. (2985) The great code of Hammurabi is produced in Babylon. 1365 B.C. (3385) Ashuruballit lays the foundations of the first Assyrian empire. 1307 B.C. (3443) Adad-narari establishes the first ...

Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac ...

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive. Against more powerful enemies like Assyria, the ...