Assyrian (Civ5)

The Assyrian people represent a civilization in Civilization V: Brave New World.
* Symbol: Star/Sun symbol of Shamash (which also appears on the Assyrian flag)
* Musical Theme: Ancient Assyrian Chant (composed by Geoff Knorr)
* Music Set: Middle East and Africa
* Architecture: Middle Eastern
* Spy Names: Adapa, Kubaba, Nabu, Nergal, Ninlil, Ninurta, Nisroch, Shamash, Pazuzu, Qingu
* Preferred Religion: Zoroastrianism
* Preferred Ideology: Order
== Strategy ==
The Assyrians are designed for a domination victory. Along with the Huns, they have one of the most powerful early game siege engines, and although it appears later than the Battering Ram, the Siege Tower is arguably more effective because of the additional bonus against cities it confers to nearby units.
To take advantage of the Siege Tower, research Archery relatively early and build 6+ Archers after founding your second city, but before building buildings. By building early trade units, selling embassies, or clearing barbarian encampments, you can gain enough to upgrade them once you research Construction after Mathematics. Six Composite Bowmen and two Siege Towers are more than enough to take down an enemy before turn 100 on Standard speed, especially if it's surrounded by flat terrain.
The Assyrians' unique building, the Royal Library, also confers them a military advantage in the middle and late game, thanks to the special XP bonus for units trained in a city with this building, provided you have filled the slot in it with a Great Work of Writing. The additional slot for Great Works also gives the Assyrians a slight edge toward a cultural victory, should they choose to pursue one.
Finally, their unique ability allows them to steal technologies when conquering cities! This allows them to either catch up with their rivals or keep ahead in military technology throughout the game. Simply target a rival who has more Victory Points from Technology than you (which you can check with the tooltips in the Diplomacy screen), and quickly acquire all that he or she has discovered and you have not!
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Cities ==
== Gallery ==
File:Assyrianempire.jpg|Assyrian Empire in-game
File:Assyria map (Civ5).png|Map of Assyrian Empire
== Related achievements ==
== See also ==
* Assyrian in other games
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