Fill in the Blanks ASSYRIANS AND PERSIAN EMPIRES 1Online version Complete the story. by Flor Baglietto 1 Assyrians Tigris Akkadian Assyria invaders Sumer Assyria Assyrians invaders Babylonia Babylonian periods Babylon Mesopotamia lay north of , along the River . Like much of , it fell under the influence of . Later , Assyria was part of the and empires . After fell , the fought against a steady stream of . Some of those conquered , but for long the stayed free .