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Day 6 Warm-Up. Your civilization is located in a poorly defensible area which has caused you to suffer from frequent invasions. How would this affect your culture? Conquer or be conquered Violent people Specialize in warfare Glorify war in art & literature. The Age of Empires.
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Day 6 Warm-Up • Your civilization is located in a poorly defensible area which has caused you to suffer from frequent invasions. • How would this affect your culture? • Conquer or be conquered • Violent people • Specialize in warfare • Glorify war in art & literature
The Age of Empires Assyrian Empire
Assyria • Where was their homeland? • North Mesopotamia (modern day ____) • What was the region like? • Flat fertile plain • Vulnerable • Suffered frequent invasions • How would this affect their culture? • Militarism main policy of the state
Empire • Greatest power in Southwest Asia • 883 to 612 BCE • Large empire b/c • Highly advanced & organized _______ • Army
Military Inventions • Corps of engineer • Bridged rivers w/ pontoons • Undermine city walls • Battering rams (iron tipped) • Knock down walls & gates • Siege towers • Masters of siege warfare
Siege Warfare • 1st step? • Surround settlement • Why? • Cut off supplies • Starve them or weaken • 2nd Step: • Attack • Archers shower of missiles • Tunnel &/or batter the walls • Once inside: • No mercy • Killed or enslaved their victims • Forced resettlement to distant provinces • Prevent ________ • Rebellion
Siege Warfare From the Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 BCE) at Nimrud
Governing • Effectively governed an extended empire • Dependent regions (conquered lands) • Assyrians either picked • the ruler • supported local kings • As long as they were loyal to Assyria • local leaders report to the central authority = king • Conquered lands provided • taxes & tribute • What would happen if they refused to pay? • Destroy the city & people were sent into exile
King Ashurbanipal • Self-celebrated ruler • Built library at Nineveh • Intimate with gods • But not divine
Culture • Decorated kings’ palaces • Placed in doorways as protective entities
Culture • Winged bulls • Guarded palace doorways • “Repulse the wicked” • aka = evil spirits • Two pairs of horns • Divinity • 5 legs • Height • 14 ½ feet
This is the End! • Over extended • Too far too thin • Cruelty created enemies • 612 BCE Medes & Chaldeans sacked Nineveh