The Rise of Assyria & the Fall of Egypt
A History of Mankind (43)
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Assyria, long a contender for the role of major power in the Fertile Crescent, benefitted the most from the Sea Peoples' depredations. Old, dangerous foes were replaced by weaker statelets, unprote…
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