Historian Mario Liverani, in his 2013 book The Ancient Near East, estimates that the citys population under Sennacherib was around 100,000.Assyrian royal inscriptions often stress the violent side of empire, such as when Ashurbanipal reports that he chained a rebel at the citadel of Nineveh together with a bear and a dog thankfully providing no further details.
KUALA LUMPUR: Bumi Armada Bhd’s net profit soared to RM574.07 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2021 (FY2021) from RM125.57 million in FY2020 on higher operating income, a higher share of results from joint ventures and associates, lower impairment losses on vessels and lower finance costs.