Events of the 780s BC part 1 The Scribe of the Gods

The Babylonian god Nabu, scribe of the gods, is gaining increasing popularity in the Neo-Assyrian Empire ruled by Adad-Nirari III. Urartu is growing ever more powerful, can Adad-Nirari III keep the proto-Armenians out of the empire?

Lets take a look at the Neo-Assyrian Empire before all the horrors that will fall upon it.


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