Polity · 900 BCE – 601 BCE
Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Peak recorded area
- 1,400,270 km²
- 675 BCE
- Data series
- 16
- 875 BCE–700 BCE
Overview
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East and parts of the South Caucasus, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean throughout much of the 9th to 7th centuries BC, becoming the largest empire in history up to that point.
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Territory
6 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 601 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop3 obs · 911 BCE–700 BCE | 120Kpersons700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 0.7722score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.5score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 5levels721 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 0.25score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 6.15score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 1.4Msq km721 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 3.5levels721 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 3levels721 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.4909score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 4.83score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.5385score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.8625score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 5.08score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 3score700 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Neo-Assyrian Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.