The Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When the end came for the Assyrian Empire, it came quickly. Former enemies pounced on the weakened state, and brought home the violence that for so long had characterized Assyrian conquests abroad.

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0:16.7	The woman's stride was weary as she trudged up the hill from the river.
0:21.2	One arm held the heavy conical jug of water on top of her head, while the other clutched
0:25.4	the hand of a small girl.
0:27.5	The girl pulled at her mother's hand, her bare, dirty feet slapping on the street as she
0:31.5	skipped ahead.
0:33.5	The woman laughed.
0:35.0	Her daughter looked up at her, surprised at the sound.
0:37.6	She rarely heard her mother laugh, at least these days.
0:40.8	The girl had vague memories of a time before they had lived here, when the laughter had come
0:44.5	more often, but those memories were hazy, like they belonged to a different person in
0:49.0	a different life.
0:51.4	The sun sank down in the sky to the west as the mother and daughter walked through the
0:54.8	twisting, narrow, blessedly shadowed streets.
0:58.2	They passed by the entrance of the vast temple of Ashur, the city's god, and glanced up
1:02.4	at the towering crag of rock.
1:04.8	Some people in the city said the rock was Ashur, but others said the city itself was
1:08.2	Ashur, and she didn't understand what they meant.
1:11.1	She had only lived in the city for a brief time, and she barely made out one word and five
1:14.8	from the chatter she heard as they walked home, or at least to the house of her owner,
1:19.2	a man named Manuki Ashur.
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