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>In 1392 BC, without Babylon to restrain their ambitions, the Middle Assyrian Empire was founded. Now, instead of a governor, it was ruled by the King of Assyria - the "Sar Mat Assur". Assyria managed to fight off the Hittites (from Turkey's Corum Province) and the Hurrians of Mitanni (likely from Syria's Al-Hasakah Governorate). Assyria even managed to repel the powerful New Kingdom of Egypt. At its height, the Middle Assyrian Empire stretched from Armenia in the north to Bahrain in the south and from Cyprus in the west to Iran in the east. It collapsed in 934 BC
>In 911 BC, Assyria rose again, this time as the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This was Assyria at the peak of its power, becoming the most powerful nation on Earth. Its southern border expanded even further, reaching as far south as Sudan and even conquering Egypt. Yet another new title was created - "Sar Matati", the "King of the Lands", what we would now refer to as an emperor; this reflected Assyria's dominance over not only Mesopotamia, but the world. In addition, another title was created to signify dominance over the local rulers of Kush/"Kuusi" (Sudan) and Egypt/"Musur" - "Sar Sarrani Sur Musur Sar Kuusi", the "King of the Kings of Egypt and Kush"
>Notable kings included Ashurbanipal/"Assurbaniapli", Tukulti-Ninurta II, Tiglath-Pileser III (a Hebrew translation of his Akkadian name, "Tukultiapil-Esarra"), Shalmaneser IV/"Shulmanuasharedu", Sargon II/"Sarrukin", Sennacherib/"Sinahhieriba", and Esarhaddon/"Assurahaiddina". Due to influx of Aramean immigrants (from around Syria's Damascus Governorate), Aramaic became both empires' second language. The final known instance of the Akkadian language being used is from astrological texts written in 78 AD