Neo-Assyrian Empire
911–609 BCE
The largest empire the world had yet seen, ruling from Mesopotamia to Egypt.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- 911–609 BCE
- Place
- Mesopotamia
Who was alive during Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Ashurnasirpal II Died 859 BCE, king
- Shalmaneser III Died 824 BCE, king
- Isaiah c. 765–c. 700 BCE, prophet
- Tiglath-Pileser III Died 727 BCE, king
- Hesiod c. 750–c. 650 BCE, poet
- Homer c. 750–c. 700 BCE, poet
- Sennacherib c. 745–681 BCE, king
- Piye Died c. 714 BCE, pharaoh
- Sargon II Died 705 BCE, king
- Esarhaddon Died 669 BCE, king
- Taharqa Died 664 BCE, pharaoh
- Ashurbanipal c. 685–c. 631 BCE, king
- Jeremiah c. 650–c. 570 BCE, prophet
- Nebuchadnezzar II c. 642–562 BCE, king
- Sappho c. 630–c. 570 BCE, poet
- Solon c. 630–c. 560 BCE, statesman
- Zoroaster (By Zoroastrian tradition) c. 628–c. 551 BCE, prophet
- Thales of Miletus c. 624–c. 546 BCE, philosopher
- Aesop c. 620–c. 564 BCE, fabulist
- Anaximander c. 610–c. 546 BCE, philosopher