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ASSYRIANS

ASSYRIANS. By: Owen H, James G, JZ, and Lewis F. Geographical Location. They lived in a land with rolling hills Upper part the Tigris river Northern Mesopotamia Lower part of Zap river Rich and fertile land Grew Crops Rich corn crops Made mud bricks There were many rivers around them.

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ASSYRIANS

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  1. ASSYRIANS By: Owen H, James G, JZ, and Lewis F

  2. Geographical Location • They lived in a land with rolling hills • Upper part the Tigris river • Northern Mesopotamia • Lower part of Zap river • Rich and fertile land • Grew Crops • Rich corn crops • Made mud bricks • There were many rivers around them

  3. Time Period • 2000-605 BCE: • 2000 BCE- Beginning of Assyrian Empire • 1765 BCE- Code of Hammurabi is made • 752 BCE- Aramaic is made: Official language of Assyria and Akkadia • 605 BCE- End of Assyrian Empire

  4. What they are known for • Known for there trading • Traded donkeys • Traded caravans • Fighting • Warlike • Trying to conquer new lands • Art • Making big building • Cover the big buildings in art • The art were demons trying to protect them from evil influences

  5. ASSYRIANS REPUTATION • Reputation: - Gained reputation during 600-500 BCE -Very crude and brutal people -Liked torturing people in conquered cities -Controlled empire by violence and terror

  6. ASSYRIAN RULERS: • Sargon II: 721-705 BCE • Conquered Kingdom of Samaria • Made policy to send conquered people to different parts of his empire • AssurBanipal: 669-626 BCE • Built the Library of Nineveh • Conquered the City Tyre in Egypt

  7. ART • Spiritual and complex • Vide variety of Styles • Reflected society and emotions of the people • Mainly depicted wars, battles, or kings

  8. MILITARY AND CONQUER (BABYLON) • They were always in war with each other • Military camp • Royal canopy in the center of it • Kings face is usually shown • 1200 BCE • Assyrian umpire conquers Babylon • All Babylon people moved to a different part of the city • The Assyrians' worried about the Babylon god Marduk • They rebuilt the city and left

  9. Great library of Nineveh • It was their capital • 600 BCE, last Assyrian king assigned project • It was a library • Clay tablets of ancient Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyrian • 30,000 tablets were discovered • The tablets are the most important knowledge from Assyrians’

  10. Burial Ceremonies • Other city-states would bury bodies in cemeteries, jars, or the desert • The Assyrians did not believe in the “Busy Afterlife” • Would dig the poor in or under houses • Would dig the rich in rooms just for the dead • Oil lamps would always be burning next to the graves.

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