From Rome to the Ottomans, the Mongols to the British, this video breaks down how the world’s greatest empires rose and why ...

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Belisarius was the Byzantine military genius behind Justinian's conquests. His incredible victories were overshadowed by an ...

Was this the world’s first empire?

Experts believe the relief was buried during the Hellenistic period (3rd to 2nd century BC), centuries after the fall of the Assyrian Empire. This intentional burial likely contributed to the ...

Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Established as early as the 25th BC, the Assyrian Empire was located in Mesopotamia and existed from the Early to Middle Bronze Age and ...

NINEVEH.; ITS PAST GLORY AND PRESENT DESOLATION.THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE ITS RECORD IN SACRED AND PROFANE HISTORY KINGS OF NINEVEH WARS WITH THE JEWS FINAL DESTRUCTION.

There are historical figures who, for various reasons, transcend their status to become paradigms of something; in the case of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus, an archetype of corruption, debauchery, ...