clay or a certain dirt. No not clay or certain dirt at all- Soil is red because of the same compound that causes rust to be red, oxidised iron (most common formula- Fe2O3). â¦If the soil has nutrients like Iron and other elements that oxidise it will be dark. A soil with just Iron and not many other nutrients will usually be a lighter red.
This was the boast of King Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.E.), who expanded the Assyrian empire to its greatest extent. At the height of his great power, in 671 B.C.E., he conquered Egypt in less than a month. The Egyptian kingdom was considered one of the most impenetrable in the Middle East.
Assyriaâs collapse was relatively sudden. The country had over-extended itself in the conquest of Egypt, unable to bear the heavy toll in resources and manpower. In 612 BC, Nineveh fell to a joint coalition of Chaledeans and Medes under Nebuchadnezzar, who established the Neo-Babylonian Empire (612-539 BC).