WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Assyrians had several advantages that they had been developing for generations while other empires came and went. They were the first in the area to develop iron weapons, which were superior to the bronze weapons their enemies were using.

Detailed explanation-2: -This credit is given to the Hittites who, by most accounts, were the first to make iron into weapons and armor, ushering in the Iron Age, which was a period dominated by the use of iron.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hittites were an Indo-European speaking people that occupied Anatolia and started a kingdoms which would equal its rival Egypt in the south. They developed iron works, which helped it to expand its borders. And in addition to iron, they also adopted the idea of chariots and developed them for their benefit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hittites were renowned charioteers. They developed a new chariot design that had lighter wheels, with four spokes rather than eight, and that held three rather than two warriors. It could hold three warriors because the wheel was placed in the middle of the chariot and not at the back as in Egyptian chariots.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Middle Assyrian Empire eventually emerged as the dominant power and annexed much of the Hittite Empire, while the remainder was sacked by Phrygian newcomers to the region.