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Stories about: Assyria

The Real Story About the Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel Nebuchadrezzar (630-562 BC) was the king of Babylon, in Mesopotamia (today's Iraq, the vast fertile region between the river Tiger and Euphrates). He managed to organize a terrible army, endowed with chivalry and war chariots, and conquered a vast empire after destroying the Assyrian empire and laying in ruins t... 1 April 2008 02:37 GMT Assyrians, the Lords of the Massacres Assyrians were one of the most warlike people in history, lovers of the violence of the war and hunt. Amongst the people of the ancient Middle East, they were famous for their cruelty. At the peak of its power, Assyria stretched from Egypt to Persian Gulf. Their aggressiveness was partially attributed to their locati... 26 January 2008 03:44 GMT