The Iron Age: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires

The conquests of the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Persian empires will completely upend the Ancient Near East. In today’s episode, Rabbi Rocklin will answer the following questions: 1.    What was the Neo-Assyrian policy of resetllement, and why did Tiglath-Pileser III, arguably the greatest Neo-Assyrian emperor, institute it? 2.    How did the larger geopolitical affairs within the region lead to the destruction of the first Temple and the kingdom of Judah? 3.    Who were the Persians, and how did they capture the mighty Babylonian empire?