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MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Assyria (345 words) |
 | bc), succeeded in extending the territory of Assyria from the Zagros Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| As a result of these migrations and wanderings, the 16th century bc was one of turmoil in Mesopotamian history. |
| Ashur-uballit I was succeeded by a series of vigorous rulers, notably Adad-nirari I (reigned 1306-1274 bc), Shalmaneser I (reigned 1274-1244 bc), and Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1244-1207 bc). |
| MSN Encarta - Assyria (1077 words) |
| From early Paleolithic times people had lived in the land that came to be known as Assyria, a fact confirmed by two adult Neandertal skulls discovered in a cave on the northeastern fringes of the region. |
| Later, probably in the 3rd millennium bc, Semitic nomads conquered the region and made their inflected tongue, which was closely related to Babylonian, the prevailing language of the land. |
| As early as the 7th millennium bc, the farmers of Assyria cultivated wheat and barley and owned cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. |
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