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• The Assyrian Empire stretched down through time, from the early days of Genesis - even before the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11 - from around 2000 B.C. - right down through century after century of interaction with the patriarchs, and later the Israelites. The Assyrian Empire went right down through time until their capital city, Nineveh, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 625 B.C. The Assyrians themselves took captive the ten tribes of Israel - the northern kingdom - in 723 B.C.
• But let us examine some more about the Assyrian Empire through the pages of the Bible. At the height of its power, the Assyrian Empire included the lands of the northern Tigris, Armenia, Media, Babylonia, Elam, Mesopotamia, Syria, Israel, Judah, and the northern portion of Egypt.