About the book: 2014 / The book by historian and linguist Mikhail Mochalov tells how the tiny city of Ashur arose on the site of a settlement of cattle breeders, how it became an important trading center of the Ancient East, how Assyria turned into a state, which acquired territories, absorbed peoples, built roads that served as a model for the Romans centuries later, and finally became a powerful power - the first empire in the history of mankind. This centuries-old path turned out to be full of events - rapid ups and heavy defeats. But each time Assyria was reborn like a phoenix from the ashes. This was facilitated by a convenient geographical location, a subtle foreign policy, an advanced army equipped with the most modern weapons, and, last but not least, a whole galaxy of talented rulers... Mikhail Mochalov’s book consistently sets out the two-thousand-year history of Ancient Assyria - until its death, when the empire fell under blows of the Babylonians and disappeared forever from the world stage. Mochalov M.Yu. Ancient Assyria. - M.: Lomonosov, - 2014. - 240 p. — (History. Geography. Ethnography). Circulation 1000 copies.