Well, that was the case until the Assyrians came along, anyway.

述人来的时候，情况就是这样的，的情况下， 来，。述人有一个当之无愧。

In 671 BC they forced Taharqo to flee south to his native Kush.

公元前六七一年，述人迫使他逃回故土库施。

Ashurbanipal built his massive collection largely through the places that he conquered.

述巴尼帕的大量收藏主要是通过他征服的地方建立起来的。

In the 6th century BC, both the Assyrians and the Greeks used to poison wells.

公元前六世纪 述人和希腊人都曾用过毒井。

The most important of these were the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Assyrians.

最重要的部族是苏美尔人、巴比伦尼人和述人。

Also the neo-Assyrians loved to find would-be rebels and lop off their appendages.

此外，述人喜欢寻找可能的叛乱分子然后砍掉他们的肢体。

So what happened to the Assyrians?

所以述人到底发生什么事呢？

But this challenge to the Assyrian war machine ultimately led to Taharqo's downfall.

但对述战争机器的挑战导致的最终结局是塔哈尔卡的垮台。

Sennacherib-whose stone reliefs were the subject of the last programme.

这一富有侵略性的政策导致与述王西拿基立的。

22 The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

22 闪的子孙：厄蓝、述、阿帕革沙得、路得和阿兰。

Particularly their noses for some reason.

出于某种原因，述人特别喜欢割掉他们的鼻子。

I've made a suggestion, the site has been, well it had many layers on top of the Assyrian things.

我已经提出我的意见，遗址已经.....它在述人的物体顶端上部覆盖很多层。

The tablets uncovered in Nineveh were part of the library of the Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal.

在尼尼微发现的石板是述国王述巴尼拔图书馆的一部分。

Ashkenazi Jews for instance are vulnerable to Tay-Sachs.

例如， 述犹太人易感泰桥氏症。

Egypt, Assyria and Greece -in one fascinating morning.

埃及、述和希腊——在一个迷人的早晨。

The most common iconography on ivory plaques are lions, sphinxes and winged goddesses which shows the Egyptian and Assyrian influences.

象牙牌匾上最常见的肖像是狮子、狮身人面像和有翼女神，显示埃及和述的影响。

But the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians couldn't know that, and so they thought some strange magic must lie behind it.

可是这个事实，古代巴比伦尼人和述人不可能知道，所以他们认为，其中必有某种神秘的魔术。

Then Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and went home and dwelt at Nineveh.

述王西拿基立就起身回国，住在尼尼微。

Assyrian kings showed off their power in battle...and by hunting lions.

述国王在战斗中炫耀他们的力量… … 并通过猎杀狮子。

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

我们投降埃及人和述人，为要得粮吃饱。