★★★★ Assyrian campaigns against northwest iran, elam and the medes Twenty-one years after Tiglath-Pileser III's Iranian campaign, king Rusa I of Urartu (730-714 BCE) attacked Manna in 716 BCE, capturing 22 of their strong-holds. Sargon II counterattacked against the Urartians, defeating them in 715-714 BCE (Melville 2016, 116-140). The Manna kingdom was now increasing-ly transformed... Continua a leggere →

★★★★ The domestication of the horse and the invention of eque_rian technology is a momentous event in human history as this aected the nature of transportation, communications and by implication the diusion of languages and culture. Equestrian technology also a`ected the course of military history as this inaugurated the foundations of cavalry warfare. The horse... Continua a leggere →