Nothing new under the sun. Professional soldiers enlisted by the Assyrian Dynasty in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, first went through a year-long bootcamp, which could have also involved civil ...

Tukulti-Ninurta I ruled Assyria from 1244-1208 BC, and he spent those years proving himself to be one of Assyria's most successful warrior kings. He continued his father's war against the Hittite ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

In his new book “Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire” (Basic Books), Yale professor Eckart Frahm offers a comprehensive history of the ancient civilization (circa 2025 BCE to 609 ...

The Assyrian military's development of a reliable flotation system using inflated goatskin bags demonstrates a remarkable understanding of materials science and tactical warfare. These devices allowed ...

Ancient Assyrian warriors suffered from PTSD after combat, over 3,000 years ago. Mesopotamian texts more than 3,000 years old reveal that post-traumatic stress disorder may be as ancient as combat ...

The invention of bit and bridle eventually led to the evolution of armed mounted warriors like the one depicted in an Assyrian relief from 8th century BCE.