The Cambridge Ancient HistoryJohn Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, E. Sollberger, N. G. L. Hammond Cambridge University Press, 16/01/1992 - 962 من الصفحات During this period the dominant powers in the East were Assyria and then Babylonia. Each established an extensive empire that was based on Mesopotamia, and each in turn fell largely through internal strife. |