Founding of the Neo-Assyrian Empire by Adad-nirari II
911 BCE
Beginning of massive Assyrian imperial expansion powered by a formidable standing army.
Sources and References
Annales d'Adad-nerari II & Reliefs du Palais Nord-Ouest de Nimroud
A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC (1991)
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