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TAKING NOTES EMPIRE BUILDING Assyria developed a military machine and established a well-organized administration. Some leaders still use military force to extend their rule, stamp out opposition, and gain wealth and power. The Assyrian Empire • Assyria • Sennacherib • Nineveh • Ashurbanipal MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW TERMS & NAMES SETTING THE STAGE For more than two centuries, the Assyrian army advanced across Southwest Asia. It overwhelmed foes with its military strength. After the Assyrians seized control of Egypt, the Assyrian king Esarhaddon proclaimed, “I tore up the root of Kush, and not one therein escaped to submit to me.” The last Kushite pharaoh retreated to Napata, Kush’s capital city. A Mighty Military Machine Beginning around 850 B.C., Assyria (uh•SEER•ee•uh) acquired a large empire. It accomplished this by means of a highly advanced military organization and state-of-the-art weaponry. For a time, this campaign of conquest made Assyria the greatest power in Southwest Asia. The Rise of a Warrior People The Assyrians came from the northern part of Mesopotamia. (See the map on page 96.) Their flat, exposed land made them easy for other people to attack. Invaders freque...