The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 01
CHAPTER III
THE RISE OF ASSYRIA (_ca._ 3000-726 B.C.) 366
Land and people, 369. Assyrian capitals: Asshur and Nineveh, 371. The rise of Assyria, 372. The first great Assyrian conqueror, 377. The reign and cruelty of Asshurnazirpal, 380. Shalmaneser II and his successors, 387. Tiglathpileser III, 391. Shalmaneser IV, 395.