ISIS and the Destruction of Ancient Assyria

Fear is a force multiplier.

Artist’s interpretation of Assyrian palaces. British Museum.

Mosul sits on the banks of the Tigris River in the northern region of the lands of ancient Mesopotamia. A place of ethnic and religious diversity, Mosul is the second-largest city in Iraq.

Three thousand years ago, the Assyrian Empire controlled this part of the ancient world. Its capital was …