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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire -- Eckart Frahm, Paperback Young Adult Religion The New Makers of ModernA new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires. "Truly extraordinary." Times (London) At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide ranging conquests have long been known from the