<p>For most of the period from the late 10th century to the 7th century BC, the ancient Near East was dominated by the dynamic military power of Assyria. At the height of its power, Assyria could claim an empire that extended from Egypt in the west to the borders of Iran in the east, encompassing for the first time in history, in a single domain, the entire Fertile Crescent. The basis of this strategic simulation will be what it would have been l...