Scientists have proposed a way to use 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets as a map to the world's ancient lost cities.. More than 20,000 Assyrian clay tablets from the Bronze Age have been recovered ...

This period is defined as the Assyrian Trade Colonies. The fact that faience seals were previously found in Kültepe and Acemhöyük, the great trade centers of Central Anatolia, makes this find even ...

As the Assyrians progressed through the Bronze Age, they used their trade networks to fund the Middle Assyrian Empire (c. 1400-1050 BCE). This was the era when Assyria joined the "Great Powers club" ...

The Assyrians are well known for their vast ancient empire in the Middle East; ancient cities, such as Nimrud and Nineveh; and their fierce invasions, including into the Kingdom of Judah and Egypt.

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

Or maybe the center of trade in Anatolia simply moved west, prompting the Assyrian merchants to relocate. A tablet that bears a copy of a heartfelt letter written by Zizizi to her parents in Assur ...

The ancient city of Kanesh, located in the middle of modern-day Turkey, was a hub of trade in the Anatolian region four millennia ago.Modern-day archaeologists have unearthed artifacts from the ...

Kültepe-Kanesh is by far the richest and most significant source of information for the period of Assyrian trade colonies. Both the archaeological material and textual documentation obtained from the ...

Assyrians say their culture is 6,750 years old.It boasts such inventions as the wheeled vehicle and one of the earliest forms of writing, and ancient greats like King Hammurabi who gave the world ...