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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | All the separate regions of Mesopotamia are by now ruled by aristocracies of warriors fighting from light chariots | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The abacus is used as an everyday method of calculation by Phoenicians and Babylonians | |
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| 883-859 BC |
| | | Assyria, during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, once again recovers an extensive empire | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | Ashurnasirpal II creates a spectacular new capital at Nimrud (and claims to have had 69,574 guests at his palace-warming party) | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | An annual event in Assyria is the departure of the army in spring for an expedition of ruthless and brutal conquest | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | The Assyrians develop the battering ram into a mobile and powerful siege engine | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | The technique of glazing pottery is discovered in Mesopotamia, though used at this stage only for decorative purposes | |
|  | Glazed Babylonian tiles
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| c. -800 BC |
| | | The Assyrian army makes good use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons | |
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| 710 BC |
| | | The first known lock and key is fitted in the new palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in Assyria | |
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| c. 700 BC |
| | | Sennacherib moves the Assyrian capital to a new site at Nineveh | |
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