Map of Assyrian Empire (824 BC and 671 BC)

This map shows the dramatic growth of Assyrian power from 824-671 BC (up to the capture of Egypt), highlighting not only the vast territorial span of the empire, but also the range of cultures under its rule. Ununified Media is on the fringes of the empire, whilst the Persis itself remains unconquered, the Assyrians themselves probably having 'no contact with Persians in the south in Fars, the Achaemenid homeland' (T. Cuyler Young Jr. 1988 (p. 15)).