Assyria: Life and Death of an Ancient Empire

A new release from the "Arzamas Book Series" — a course of lectures on the history of Assyria, in which historian Ekaterina Markina discusses how this great empire emerged and disappeared, about ancient capitals and palaces, kings and merchants, diviners and eunuchs, as well as European archaeologists who rediscovered the empire. You will learn how Northern Mesopotamia differed from Southern, how Assyrian rulers defended the divine order, what ancient reliefs in their palaces can tell us, how the Assyrians waged war and built new cities, and what ultimately led to the downfall of their state.