| He spends all of Judah's money to please the King of Assyria and even worships Assyrian gods. |
| The way to understanding ancient Babylonia and Assyria and much of biblical history now lay open. |
| Roman legionnaires, for example, were not radically different in their equipment from the soldiers of Assyria a millennium before. |
| While the Kassite dynasty was reigning, a new kingdom arose in the north, that of Assyria. |
| Centuries before Christ, Nineveh was the capital of the great Assyrian Empire, when Assyria held sway over Egypt. |
| He has just told us that the date palm supplies the people with food, honey, and wine and that Assyria is the world's largest producer of grain. |
