Assyrian Calendar: The traditional starting date of the Assyrian calendar is 4750 BCE.
Berber (Amazigh) Calendar: The start year of 950 BCE is linked to the ascension of the Assyrian King Shoshenq I.
His story is particularly noted for the divine intervention that saved Egypt from an Assyrian invasion.
Assyrian Invasion:
"In his reign, Sennacherib king of the Arabians and Assyrians marched a great army against Egypt".
He prayed earnestly to Hephaestus in a temple, seeking the god's aid against the Assyrian invasion.
Herodotus recounts a miraculous event where field mice gnawed through the quivers, bowstrings, and shield handles of the Assyrian army, rendering their weapons useless.
This divine intervention caused panic among the Assyrians, leading to their defeat.
This, too, is the ordinary form of the altars dedicated to the Assyrian god of fertility.
Here the accompaniments--a shield, a hamlet, and a couple of bead-annulets or rosaries--are, with a single exception, identical in even the minutest particular with an Assyrian monument emblematical of the Deity.
Origins: The Akitu Festival has its origins in the Sumerian civilization and was later adopted and elaborated by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
Assyrian Adaptations: In Assyria, the Akitu Festival included elements specific to the Assyrian pantheon and political context, though many core elements remained similar to the Babylonian tradition.
Significance: In the Assyrian city of Assur, the temple of Ashur was central to their New Year celebrations, which included elements similar to the Babylonian Akitu Festival.
Ashur, the chief deity of the Assyrians, was honored with rituals affirming his supremacy and the king's divine mandate.
"Apkallu" (also spelled "apkallū") and "Abgal" are terms from ancient Mesopotamian mythology, particularly within the context of Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian cultures.
They appear in Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian myths, and are often depicted as a pantheon of gods and goddesses.
The Anunnaki are a group of deities in ancient Mesopotamian cultures, particularly in Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythology.
Utū/Shamash: Utū is the Sun god in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, while Shamash is the corresponding deity in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology.
Asshur: Asshur is considered the progenitor of the Assyrian people, an ancient civilization centered in the region of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in what is now modern-day Iraq.
Ashur - God of Assyria and patron deity of the Assyrian Empire
Ashur - God of war and the patron deity of the Assyrian empire
The Assyrians were another Mesopotamian civilization that worshipped the Annunaki, although their religious beliefs were somewhat different from those of the Babylonians and Sumerians.