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May 2023 News
Assyria: Chronicling the rise and fall of the world’s first empire
May 26, 2023
Text by Susan Gonzalez. In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609...