The Assyrian history begins around – 2100, in the northern Iraq today, the most direct route between the Upper and Lower Mesopotamia, borrowed by exchanges between Sumer and Akkad and the rich mining regions of Kurdistan , Armenia and Anatolia. Ashur is the object of lust of kingdoms and empires of Mesopotamia: the 23 th century Manishtusu takes Assur for the Akkadians, the Goutis, (from the Zagros Mountains) invade and Ur-Nammu, the 22 th century, Annex to the III dynasty of Ur. It becomes independent to – 2025, when the Sumerian empire collapsed under the Elamite and Amorite attacks. The Assyrian political domination is strictly limited to the city itself and its immediate surroundings: it is a city state with a very small area. In the 20th century, Assur grows by trade with Cappadocia, in particular through the karum (counter) Kanesh currently Kultepe controlling fifteen associations Assyrian merchants in many cities in Central Anatolia. Assyrian merchants exporting tin and luxurious fabrics to Anatolia, and report only the money from the sale of these products and donkeys who wore them.
The Assyrians: Masters of War
