MUSIC USED:

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Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/328901?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=old+assyrian&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:KültepeUnterstadt1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KültepeUnterstadt1.jpg Klaus-Peter Simon - own work CC BY SA 3.0

File:Itur-ili - Business Letter - Walters 481462 - View A.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Itur-ili_-Business_Letter-Walters_481462-_View_A.jpg Walters Art Museum CC BY SA 3.0 / GNU Free Documentation License

File:Cult wall relief from Assur. A deity, probably god Assur, is flanked by 2 water deities and 2 goats. 2000-1500 BCE. Pergamon Museum, Berlin.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cult_wall_relief_from_Assur._A_deity,_probably_god_Assur,_is_flanked_by_2_water_deities_and_2_goats._2000-1500_BCE._Pergamon_Museum,_Berlin.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:F0182 Louvre Code Hammourabi Bas-relief Sb8 rwk.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F0182_Louvre_Code_Hammourabi_Bas-relief_Sb8_rwk.jpg Mbzt - own work CC BY SA 3.0 / GNU Free Documentation License

File:Axe blade Adad-nirari I Louvre AO29146.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Axe_blade_Adad-nirari_I_Louvre_AO29146.jpg © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Jastrow / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5 CC BY 2.5

File:A procession of Assyrian soldiers, military campaign in osuthern Iraq. From Ninevah, Iraq. 640 620 BCE. British Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_procession_of_Assyrian_soldiers,_military_campaign_in_osuthern_Iraq._From_Ninevah,_Iraq._640_620_BCE._British_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Detail. Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I stands and kneels, 13th century BCE. From Assur, Iraq. Pergamon Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Detail._Assyrian_king_Tukulti-Ninurta_I_stands_and_kneels,_13th_century_BCE._From_Assur,_Iraq._Pergamon_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Ishtar Eshnunna Louvre AO12456.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishtar_Eshnunna_Louvre_AO12456.jpg Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), 2009-01-14 CC BY 2.5

Bearded warrior holding a spear https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324337?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=Assyrian+warrior&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Hanging Gardens (Artist's Impression) https://member.worldhistory.org/image/12914/hanging-gardens-artists-impression/ Mohawk Games / Old World Copyright

File:Alabaster Stela of the Asirian King Ashurnasirpal II (884-859 BC) - British Museum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alabaster_Stela_of_the_Asirian_King_Ashurnasirpal_II_(884-859_BC)_-_British_Museum.jpg Andres Rueda CC BY 2.0

Relief fragment: siege of a city by Assyrian troops https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322622?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=Assyrian+siege&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

Relief fragment: cavalrymen along a stream in mountainous terrain https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322623?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=assyrian&offset=20&rpp=80&pos=40 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access) CC0

File:Assyrian archers.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_archers.jpg ChrisO (Own work) Public Domain

File:Ashurnasipal with official.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ashurnasipal_with_official.jpg ChrisO (Own work) Public Domain

File:Wall relief depicting the God Ashur (Assur) from Nimrud..JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wall_relief_depicting_the_God_Ashur_(Assur)_from_Nimrud..JPG Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

Ancient Assyria: Basalt Water Basin from Temple of Ashur, Reign of King Sennacherib, 704-681 BC https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/28420373770/ Gary Todd Public Domain

File:Unfinished basalt statue of Shalmaneser III. From Assur, Iraq. 858-824 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unfinished_basalt_statue_of_Shalmaneser_III._From_Assur,_Iraq._858-824_BCE._Ancient_Orient_Museum,_Istanbul.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Stele of Adad-nirari III.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stele_of_Adad-nirari_III.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Tilglath pileser iii.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tilglath_pileser_iii.jpg British Museum / Terraflorin / FDRMRZUSA Public Domain US

File:Assyrian military campaign in southern Mesopotamia, beheaded enemies, 7th century BC, from Nineveh, Iraq. The British Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assyrian_military_campaign_in_southern_Mesopotamia,_beheaded_enemies,_7th_century_BC,_from_Nineveh,_Iraq._The_British_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Taylor Prism-1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylor_Prism-1.jpg David Castor (user:dcastor) - own work Public Domain

File:The fall of Lachish, King Sennacherib reviews Judaean prisoners..JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_fall_of_Lachish,_King_Sennacherib_reviews_Judaean_prisoners..JPG Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Detail, Sam'al stele of Esarhaddon, 671 BCE, Pergamon Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail,_Sam%27al_stele_of_Esarhaddon,_671_BCE,_Pergamon_Museum.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Asarhadon Berlín 01.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asarhadon_Berl%C3%ADn_01.JPG Miguel Hermoso Cuesta - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Ashurbanipal as restorer of the shrine of Ea in the Temple of Marduk in Babylon, Babylon, 668-655 BCE.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashurbanipal_as_restorer_of_the_shrine_of_Ea_in_the_Temple_of_Marduk_in_Babylon,_Babylon,_668-655_BCE.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/45769207562/ Anthony Huan CC BY SA 2.0

File:2018 Ashurbanipal - Nineveh.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2018_Ashurbanipal_-_Nineveh.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyhuan/44903972125/ Anthony Huan CC BY SA 2.0

File:Nineveh - Mashki Gate.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nineveh_-_Mashki_Gate.jpg Omar Siddeeq Yousif - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Cyrus the great.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrus_the_great.jpg Nima Boroumand - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Library of Ashurbanipal.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Library_of_Ashurbanipal.jpghttps://flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/36562516345
Gary Todd Public Domain

File:British Museum Flood Tablet 1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_Flood_Tablet_1.jpg Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). - own work CC BY SA 4.0

File:Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venus_Tablet_of_Ammisaduqa.jpg Fæ (Own work) CC BY SA 3.0 / GNU Free Documentation License


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