This is the kingdom that conquered Israel (Northern Kingdom). [Assyria- The First Empire of Evil](https://youtu.be/TFPaZ_8zZcU?si=XOLCL50GLrEuaUQq) Exceedingly brutal. - Would cut off the legs and one arm of captives so they could shake their hand while they were dying. - Required foes to carry the heads of their family on poles while parading them around. - They seemed to use the skulls of their conquered foes as decoration. Because of Jonah, they appeared to repent for a generation. However, the next generation became evil again and God used them to conquer the Northern kingdom.