The Ancient Assyrians by Mark Healy;

The Ancient Assyrians by Mark Healy;

Author:Mark Healy;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472848109
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Published: 2023-08-15T00:00:00+00:00


Babylonian prisoners are being brought forward to be viewed by the king in his chariot – off image with the heads of his chariot horses seen to the extreme right. At the bottom left scribes can be seen making a list of the booty to be transported back to Nineveh c.650 BC. (© The Trustees of the British Museum)

THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST ELAM AND THE ARABS

Ashurbanipal was determined to find a resolution to the Elamite problem. This city-state had all too often seized the opportunity to both interfere in and support Babylon as Assyria had sought to impose its hegemony over the region. It was certainly a vengeful Ashurbanipal who launched two major campaigns against Elam – one in 647 BC and another the following year.



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