Thirteen years later, the Assyrian army came back for more, and that ain't the end of it.
Each year the Assyrian armies marched out to campaign.
Some historians say that he was killed by the Assyrian army.
In any case, the Assyrian army was refused entrance, and set instead to besiege the capital.
The Assyrian army was feared mostly for their iron weapons.
Before long, the weaknesses of the Assyrian army soon began to show itself.
The core of the Assyrian army lay in its chariots.
Cavalry would form the core of the later Assyrian armies.
The latter type was the most dominant in Assyrian armies.
In 877 an Assyrian army reached the Mediterranean shores for the first time.