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The Assyrian Empire is a transcontinental releasable formable for 
Assyria, which is a releasable of 
Syria and 
Iraq. The empire encompasses the continents of Asia 
and Africa 
, or located specifically in the Middle East.
The Assyrian Empire retains the capability to forge a resource powerhouse, as it expands across a variety of regions in the Middle East, allowing the accessibility to abundant quantities of vital natural resources. Aside from its economic prosperities, the formable is mostly embodied with rolling flat plains composed of deserts, giving the opportunity strategize a geographic stronghold.
Background and History[]
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The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history and the final and greatest phase of Assyria as an independent state. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East throughout much of the 8th and 7th centuries BC, becoming the largest empire in history up to that point. Because of its geopolitical dominance and ideology based in world domination, the Neo-Assyrian Empire is by many researchers regarded to have been the first world empire in history. At its height, the empire was the strongest military power in the world[13] and ruled over all of Mesopotamia, the Levant and Egypt, as well as portions of Anatolia, Arabia and modern-day Iran and Armenia. The early Neo-Assyrian kings were chiefly concerned with restoring Assyrian control over much of northern Mesopotamia and Syria, since significant portions of the preceding Middle Assyrian Empire had been lost during a long period of decline. Under Ashurnasirpal II, Assyria once more became the dominant power of the Near East, ruling the north undisputed. Ashurnasirpal's campaigns reached as far as the Mediterranean and he also oversaw the transfer of the imperial capital from the traditional city of Assur to the more centrally located Nimrud. The empire grew even more under Ashurnasirpal II's successor Shalmaneser III (r. 859–824 BC), though it entered a period of stagnation after his death, referred to as the "age of the magnates". During this time, the chief wielders of political power were prominent generals and officials and central control was unusually weak. This age came to an end with the rule of Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 745–727 BC), who re-asserted Assyrian royal power once again and more than doubled the size of the empire through wide-ranging conquests. His most notable conquests were Babylonia in the south and large parts of the Levant. Under the Sargonid dynasty, which ruled from 722 BC to the fall of the empire, Assyria reached its apex. Under the Sargonid king Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC), the capital was transferred to Nineveh and under Esarhaddon (r. 681–669 BC) the empire reached its largest extent through the conquest of Egypt. Despite being at the peak of its power, the Neo-Assyrian Empire experienced a swift and violent fall in the late 7th century BC, destroyed by a Babylonian uprising and an invasion by the Medes. The causes behind how Assyria could be destroyed so quickly continue to be debated among scholars. The unprecedented success of the Neo-Assyrian Empire was not only due to the ability of Assyria to expand but also, and perhaps more importantly, its ability to efficiently incorporate conquered lands into its administrative system. As the first empire of its scale, the Neo-Assyrian Empire saw various military, civic and administrative innovations. In the military, important innovations included a large-scale use of cavalry and new siege warfare techniques. Techniques first adopted by the Neo-Assyrian army would be used in later warfare for millennia. To solve the issue of communicating over vast distances, the Neo-Assyrian Empire developed a sophisticated state communication system, using relay stations and well-maintained roads. The communication speed of official messages in the Neo-Assyrian Empire was not surpassed in the Middle East until the 19th century AD.[18][19] The Neo-Assyrian Empire also made use of a resettlement policy, wherein some portions of the populations from conquered lands were resettled in the Assyrian heartland and in underdeveloped provinces. This policy served to both disintegrate local identities (making local regions less likely to revolt) and to introduce Assyrian-developed agricultural techniques to all parts of the empire. A consequence was the dilution of the cultural diversity of the Near East, forever changing the ethnolinguistic composition of the region and facilitating the rise of Aramaic as the regional lingua franca, a position the language retained until the 14th century AD. The Neo-Assyrian Empire left a legacy of great cultural significance. The political structures established by the Neo-Assyrian Empire became the model for the later empires that succeeded it and the ideology of universal rule promulgated by the Neo-Assyrian kings inspired, through the concept of translatio imperii, similar ideas of rights to world domination in later empires as late as the early modern period. The Neo-Assyrian Empire became an important part of later folklore and literary traditions in northern Mesopotamia through the subsequent post-imperial period and beyond. Judaism, and thus in turn also Christianity and Islam, was profoundly affected by the period of Neo-Assyrian rule; numerous Biblical stories appear to draw on earlier Assyrian mythology and history and the Assyrian impact on early Jewish theology was immense. Although the Neo-Assyrian Empire is prominently remembered today for the supposed excessive brutality of the Neo-Assyrian army, the Assyrians were not excessively brutal when compared to other civilizations of their time, nor when compared to other civilizations throughout human history. |
Base Statistics[]
Economy[]
The base income of the Assyrian Empire is $4,865,526. Most of its income stems from tax collection, which revenues $4,017,314, while the remaining $694,050 roots from natural resource production.
Resources[]
Since the Assyrian Empire is located in the heart of the Middle East, it allows the country to reserve and produce heavy amounts of 
Oil, giving the ability to efficiently fuel its military vehicular hardware.
The empire is also known to generate other crucial natural resources:
 Aluminum
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+2 |
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 Chromium
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+2 |
 Copper
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+4 |
 Gold
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+4 |
 Iron
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+3 |
 Oil
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+50.5 |
 Phosphate
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+16 |
 Titanium
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+3.96 |
Military[]
The Assyrian Empire starts on the Volunteer conscription law, maximizing its manpower bank to 1,654,651, while it receives a continuous growth of 5,705 manpower per 5 days.
Geography[]
Terrain[]
The Assyrian Empire's terrain is relatively limited, mainly because it is situated in the core of the Middle East, however, there are some distinctive landscapes that are mildly rugged.
The Hilly terrain can be found across the empire, such as in the Sinai Peninsula, its western Middle East territories, and some regions in Syria. Since the nation owns a fragment of cities cored within 
Kurdistan and 
Iran, Semi-Mountainous and Mountainous topography are widespread within those locations.
Biome[]
Most of the Assyrian Empire is Arid.
Borders[]
The Assyrian Empire shares an international border with 5 different nations:
Population and Cities[]
The Assyrian Empire holds a total of 170 cities, with 14 of them surpassing one million population. With all cities combined, it sums the empire's population to 82,732,549. A vast percent of the population inhabits in the three largest cities, all of which are:
- Cairo (11 918 689)
- Baghdad (5 065 377)
- Alexandria (4 173 350)
Approximately half of the population that lives in the Middle East (47,096,953 inhabitants) while the other territories cover the remaining amount.
Strategy[]
This strategy assumes that Syria or Iraq has released Assyria, either by stability drop, either by getting liberated or either by just releasing it. It would be better if Iraq released Assyria, because by the time it is probably released it would have 2 square cities, but it would be the best if both Syria and Iraq are conquered and the conqueror releases Assyria.
Step 1: Preparation for WarWhen becoming Assyria, you have no money and research power, making you unable to produce factories. Howwever, you get a political power bonus. With that bonus, try to increase your manpower as fast as possible (Conscription Laws, Policies, Ideologies, etc.) After that, justify on your first neighbouring countries (ex: Syria, Iraq). After the justification is done, you probably have around 30 - 50M cash. With your manpower and money, recruit around 50k-60k troops and attack Syria. With the leftover cash, make electronic factories and buy the ressources and sell the electronics when they are done building. After having ~100M$, make Steel, Motor and Fertilizer factories and buy the ressources for them. Then, annex Iraq. After that. You can either move to step 2 (if he's a player), either 2.5 (if he's AI.) Step 2: Fighting Turkey - If it's a PlayerNow that you have enough parts to make Tanks, you can now defend against turkey which this strategy assumes is a player. To avoid troop spam, make destroyers and probably protect them with submarines. Make a couple of tanks. Then, justify on Turkey and try to blitzkrieg him by making a couple tanks. When Turkey starts defending, make more tanks and repeat until you reach the capital, Ankara. Get a couple of tanks to "gang up" on the square city and annex it. Then do the same on Istanbul and try to force-peace him. After succesfully force-peacing him, you can move on to step 3. Step 2.5: Fighting Turkey - If it's AITry to recruit around 1K tanks and try to bruteforce to the mountainous terrain. If you don't want to do that, Get your tanks to sail through the mediterranian and place your tanks somewhere 1000km away from Istanbul and remove their troops. Then, capture Istanbul and Ankara. Then, split your tanks to capture and force peace Turkey. After that, you can move on to step 3. Step 3: Conquering the Middle EastAfter annexing Turkey, get your tanks to come back to home land and make 2 Consumer Goods and Fertilizer factories. After making the factories, try to get as much as factory income as possible to get as much consumer goods as possible to sell them. Now that you have a lot of income, you can make more tanks. Then annex the Middle East. It's very likely that they are all AI and require no defense to bruteforce trough them. Oh, and don't forget Cyprus. After annexing all the Middle East (including Saudi Arabia), you can either move on to step 4 (Fighting Egypt - if it's AI), either step 4.5 (Fighting Egypt - If he's a player.) Step 4: Fighting Egypt - If he's a playerIf Egypt is a player, make Battleships and more Destroyers and Submarine to try and lower Egypt's troop spam. Speaking of troop spam, you can also make Aircraft to try and lower his troops. After making some more tanks, justify on Egypt and try to quickly snipe his capital so that his stability lowers. After you snipe his capital, he wil probably panic and try to get as much troops as possible to kill your troops. If you have some, get Aircraft to kill the troop spam. After Egypt looses his manpower, split your tanks to annex all of Egypt and force peace him. After annexing egypt, you can either move on to either step 5 (Fighting Iran - If he's AI), Either step 5.5 (Fighting Iran - If he's a Player). Step 4.5: Fighting Egypt - If he's AIAfter annexing all the Middle East, get some more tanks and annex a city 1000km from Cairo. This will make the troops try to recapture it and fail. Then, conquer Cairo and split your tanks to annex Egypt. That's it, really. After annexing Egypt, you can either move on to either step 5 (Fighting Iran - If he's AI), Either step 5.5 (Fighting Iran - If he's a Player). Step 5: Fighting Iran - If he's AIIf you want to annex Iran, you have to say goodbye to your tanks and switch to infantry; they're faster. However, you can use your tanks to snipe Iran's capital. For your infantry, try to get as much speed as possible (Research, Training, Arid Specialized Training and Military Leaders.) After getting as much speed as possible, put your tanks ~100km away from Iran's Home Guard and kill them. With your tanks, target them to Iran's capital and annex it. For your Infantry, split them and make them auto-capture. After annexing all of Iran, you can now form the Assyrian Empire and prove everyone else you are skilled. Step 5.5: Fighting Iran - If he's PlayerWe all know that annexing Iran is incredibly hard if he's a Player. If you haven't already, make aircraft. Then, also make a navy on the Persian Gulf. Make some more tanks and train them to Arid Specialization to make them faster. Also, spam infantry and try to make them as fast as possible (Military Leaders, Arid Specialization, Training, etc.). After declaring war on Iran, he will probably spam troops to try and protect their cities. Use aircraft to reduce enemy entrenchment. Get your tanks to try and rush Tehran. You will now need to split your aircraft; one protecting your tanks and one bombing Tehran. The player will probably protect Tehran as much as possible using artillery, but try and reduce their troops and artillery by using attackers and bomb the city using bombers. If the player gets anti-air, try to get some troops to get the anti-air down. After the enemy player's capital is taken, there is a high rate of them rage-quitting and scorching their country. Try to bruteforce through the country and force-peace them to capture all the cities. After that, you now have all the territories to form the Assyrian Empire and can now proove everyone else you are skilled. |
