Rose Quartz Meaning and Healing Properties Rose quartz has been used in love rituals and ceremonies for centuries, and remains the stone of the hopeless romantic. A member of the quartz family, this crystal is made up of silicon dioxide.
The Assyrians. (1170 - 612 BCE) The Assyrians were Semitic people living in the northern reaches of Mesopotamia; they have a long history in the area, but for most of that history they are subjugated to the more powerful kingdoms and peoples to the south.
Ancient Assyria covered the vast majority of northern Mesopotamia. King Hammurabi of Babylon conquered Assyria after Shamshi-Adad's death, which made Assyria a vassal state. When Ashur-uballit I seized the throne of Assyria in the 14th century B.C., he conquered Babylon, returning the capital to Ashur.