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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: -In comparison to the other cultures of this time however, the Assyrians were the first to widely use iron technology. Their technology was adopted from the Hittites, an ancient civilization predating the 8th century BC, who first introduced the technique of iron smelting around 1500 BC.