c. 750 BC–c. 612 BC
Neo-Assyrian army, siege, and logistics
War & military technology · Ejércitos permanentes · Asedio · Logística · Imperios
By the mid-eighth century BCE, Neo-Assyrian kings commanded a standing army with infantry, cavalry, and chariot units; British Museum materials also document sieges using rams, sappers, blockade forts, and efforts to cut supplies. This is a well-attested imperial configuration, not the “first” professional army or a model that alone explains Assyrian expansion.
Precision, calendar, and review
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- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
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- 2026-09-23
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