Ashyria was the first country to unify Orient. Asia was located in the upper reaches of the Tigris River, which is today's northern Iraq. Asia unified Orient in the 7th century B.C. and built a great empire across Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Ashyria started in 2500 B.C. from a city state near the Tigris River. The city-state, called Ashur, is named after the god Ashur in Assyrian mythology. The Assyrian Empire, which unified Orient, moved its capital from Ashur to Nineveh as its territory gradually expanded. The Assyrians developed a strong and brave ethnicity by preventing constant invasion of other peoples.
The Tigris River basin, where the Assyrians lived, was a place with convenient transportation and many other ethnic groups. Using these geographical advantages, Asia has developed its strength by doing international trade. After that, it was equipped with iron weapons and tank units to have great military power. Based on its excellent weapons and brave ethnicity, Asia was able to unify Orient.
The most famous kings of Asia are Sargon II and Ashurbanipal. Sargon II, who appeared in the 8th century B.C., was the king who opened the heyday of Asia. He conquered Syria and Palestine and destroyed the kingdom of Israel. King Ashurbanipal is the last king of Asia. He suppressed the rebellion that took place at the conquest site and continued the war to expand his territory. He was also interested in culture, so he established a library in the capital Ninebe, and collected and organized clay version documents on theology, language, and literature recorded in wedge letters from all over the world.
Ashyria had a well-trained army and a reversal to maintain a wide empire. In particular, well-trained tank units and heavy taxes terrified the people. Asyria ruled strongly in the conquered area, such as rebellion or destroying the city if taxes were not paid, and expelling the people living there.
Ashyria, which was so powerful, began to falter little by little after the death of King Ashurbanipal, with revolts in various places, starting with Egypt, independence from Media and Lydia. And in 612 B.C., less than 100 years after reunification, Nineveh was captured by the allied forces of Media and Neobabylonia, and Asia was destroyed. After the fall of Ashyria, Egypt, Sinbabilia, Media, and Lydia took over the Orient area.
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