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The Middle Assyrian Empire (c. 1365 - 1000 BCE)
A map illustrating the political situation in the Ancient Near East around the first half of the second millennium BCE as Assyria reestablished its independence and broke Mitanni power in conjunction with the Hittites. Moreover, the Assyrians expanded their territories across Mesopotamia and established an empire reaching the Euphrates in the west and Babylonia in the south.