MESOPOTAMIA
EXPANSION INTO EMPIRES: ASSYRIA AND THE NEO-BABYLONIAN DYNASTY
The Second Millennium
BC
Kassite Dynasty C. 1595-1100 BC (First Dynasty of
Babylon destroyed by Hittites, turmoil in Asia Minor, Levant,
and Egypt. Mittanians in north.)
- Temple of King Karaindash
at Uruk (Warka), c. 1440 BC. Dedicated to Inanna.
- Kassite ziggurat at Dur Kurigalzu
(Aqar Quf)
- Kassite head and dog
- Kassite Boundary stones
Middle Assyrian Art
- Altar of Tukulti Ninurta
c. 1243-1207 BC
- Cult relief
The First Millennium
BC
Assyria, The Neo-Assyrian Empire 9th-7th centuries BC
|
Site |
King |
Reign |
|
Nimrud
|
Assurnasirpal II
Shalmaneser III
|
883-859 BC
858-824 BC
|
|
Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin)
|
Sargon II |
721-705 BC |
|
Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
|
Sennacherib
Ashurbanipal
|
704-681 BC
668-627 BC
|
Assurnasirpal II ( Nimrud)
- Statue of Assurnasirpal II,
stone
- Series of limestone reliefs
from Nimrud, reign of Assurnasirpal II - religious/cultic themes;
sacred tree, winged genius
- hunt of Assurnasirpal II
Shalmaneser III
- Black Obelisk with submission
of Israelites
- Sargon II (Khorsabad)
- Human-headed winged bull
- Hero with lion & winged
genius
Sennacherib (Nineveh)
- Assault on Lachish
- Capitulation of Lachish
Ashurbanipal (Nineveh)
- Battle of Til-Tuba (Elamites)
- War against the Arabs (c.
645 BC)
- Feast in garden
- Series of lion hunt reliefs
Babylon: the Neo-Babylonian
Empire (625-539 BC)
Established under Nabopolassar
c. 625 BC. Building under his son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562
BC)
- Ishtar gate and Processional
Way
- Boundary Stele of Mardukapaliddina
(c. 714 BC)
- Amulets of Pazuzu
