Assyrian forces

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Assyrian forces were the military troops of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, renowned for their discipline, siege warfare, and brutality, and ultimately defeated in the late 7th century BCE.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Assyrian army 6
Assyrian forces canonical 2
Assyrian armies 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
activeInCentury 7th century BCE ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ
9th century BCE ⓘ
activeInPeriod Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
capitalBasedAt Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Kalhu ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
commandedBy Assyrian king ⓘ
military governors ⓘ
royal officials ⓘ
country Assyria ⓘ
defeatedBy Babylonian forces ⓘ
Median forces ⓘ
documentedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
palace reliefs ⓘ
finalDefeatEvent Fall of Nineveh ⓘ
finalDefeatYear 612 BCE ⓘ
knownFor advanced military organization ⓘ
discipline ⓘ
mass deportations ⓘ
military brutality ⓘ
professional standing army ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
use of cavalry ⓘ
use of chariots ⓘ
use of iron weapons ⓘ
lastStrongholdFallYear 609 BCE ⓘ
lastStrongholdFell Harran ⓘ
operatedInRegion Anatolia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
partOf Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
recruitedFrom Assyrian heartland ⓘ
subject peoples ⓘ
vassal states ⓘ
supportedRuler Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ
Sargon II ⓘ
Sennacherib ⓘ
Shalmaneser III ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
usedFor imperial expansion ⓘ
suppression of revolts ⓘ
territorial conquest ⓘ
tribute collection enforcement ⓘ
usedLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
usedLogistics relay stations ⓘ
royal road system ⓘ
supply depots ⓘ
usedTactic deportation of populations ⓘ
flaying of enemies ⓘ
impalement as terror tactic ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
relief armies to support sieges ⓘ
scorched earth ⓘ
siege ramps ⓘ
undermining city walls ⓘ
usedUnitType archers ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
chariotry ⓘ
engineers ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
usedWeapon battering rams ⓘ
bows and arrows ⓘ
iron swords ⓘ
shields ⓘ
siege engines ⓘ
siege towers ⓘ
slings ⓘ
spears ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fall of Nineveh → opposingForce → Assyrian forces ⓘ
Median forces → opponent → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Siege of Nineveh → opponent → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
siege of Lachish → combatant → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Bethulia → threatenedBy → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Assyrian siege of Bethulia → hasBelligerent → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Vagaus → associatedWith → Assyrian army ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Carian mercenaries → usedBy → Assyrian armies ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian forces
Medo-Babylonian invasion → combatant → Assyrian forces ⓘ