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Amy Barrett

Phaedo - Google Books - 0 views

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    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 20 Oct 09
       
      "...there is no greater pleasure than to have Socrates brought to my recollection..." Plato honored his teacher's life and ideas, which he used to form his own philosophies.
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 20 Oct 09
       
      "I thought that in going to the other world he [Socrates] could not be without a divine call, and that he would be happy...when he arrived there..." Plato had an optimistic view of an afterlife and believed those who died received a divine call which permitted them to enter honored afterlife.
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 20 Oct 09
       
      "'For the Eleven,' he [the jailer] said, 'are now with Socrates; they are taking off his chains, and giving orders that he is to die to-day.'" Socrates' followers waited until the jail opened in the morning to speak philosophy with him. Perhaps the Eleven are the persecutors.
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    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 20 Oct 09
       
      "...I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead... some far better thing for the good than for the evil." Plato's belief of an afterlife branches off of his teacher's idea that good works earn a good afterlife.
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 20 Oct 09
       
      "... a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die... after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world." Plato thought like Socrates that those with great knowledge and ideas in the Axial Age, maybe those thinkers who agreed with Socrates' philosophy, had the most esteemed placement in the afterlife.
abby c

Aristotelian philosophy: ethics and ... - Google Books - 0 views

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    • abby c
      abby c on 20 Oct 09
       
      His resources of primary sources
    • abby c
      abby c on 20 Oct 09
       
      Marx agrees with Aristotle's view of a good lifestyle similar to that of Xunzi of China in 250 b.c that "human goodness" can be obtained throught progress and freedom
Amy Barrett

Phaedo by Plato - 0 views

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Nate Kogan

academhack » Blog Archive » Seriously Can We End This Debate Already - 5 views

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Wikipedia Research HistoricalSources

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  • Nate Kogan on 09 Oct 09
     
    Good discussion about the relative merits and faults of traditional encyclopedias vs. Wikipedia. Be sure to read the comments. Yours truly makes an appearance (and a point) that we've discussed in class. Some of the other comments are good and thoughtful as well, especially the one challenging the idea of primary = more trustworthy; secondary = less trustworthy.
Nate Kogan

Education Week: Inverting Bloom's Taxonomy - 3 views

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Pedagogy HistoricalContext HistoricalThinking

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  • Nate Kogan on 08 Oct 09
     
    Really good piece on how to approach history as a learner and develop the skill of historical thinking (and most importantly, how historical thinking differs from the collection and regurgitation of disconnected knowledge). This piece also does a really nice job talking about how to read for historical context and begin one's evaluation of a primary source with the moment in which it is written rather than the content that it describes.
  • Nate Kogan on 08 Oct 09
     
    Really good piece on how to approach history as a learner and develop the skill of historical thinking (and most importantly, how historical thinking differs from the collection and regurgitation of disconnected knowledge). This piece also does a really nice job talking about how to read for historical context and begin one's evaluation of a primary source with the moment in which it is written rather than the content that it describes.
Nate Kogan

Harrison Genua's Blog - 2 views

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  • single goal
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      Has this "single goal" been clearly defined? Does this term refer to the conquest of other territories?
  • something more peaceful
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      does it necessarily need to be more "peaceful" or simply involve a trickling down of economic rewards?
  • their
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      "its" -- Assyrian Empire = Singular proper noun
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  • strive
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      "striving" -- need to keep parallel with "glorifying"
  • he tablet makes the king look like an unquestionable source of knowledge and power, giving the public a sense of security and confidence in their centralized  government.
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      good analysis, interpretation of the document -- nice example of analyzing POV. Will want to strive to do this for all documents in this type of essay.
  • has a maniacal desire to conquer
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      "had" -- keep in past tense.
  • demonstrated by
  • thenagain.com,
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      who is the author of this as a primary source? The hosting service here isn't as significant as the author (or time period) in which this document/image is created.
  • is larger than any other person in the picture.  This shows how the Assyrians worshiped their king, and how focused they were on their military.
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      aim for a bit more specific description or direct analysis. Simply having a large figure doesn't necessarily indicate "worship" or emphasis on military. Address his actions, and then you can justify the characterization abou the military emphasis.
  • article
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      word choice -- not an article, a primary source document. Need to more fully analyze the external elements of this source.
  •   “My power and might I established over the land…”
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      Weak incorporation of text. Who is the author? What is the historical context? Where is the fluid integration?
  • the emperor states
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      Which emperor? Isn't it significant to address individual personalities and external information if we have that?
  • King Shalmaneser II constructed a magnificent obelisk detailing all of his conquests for thirty years and going so far as to proclaim “a destruction… I made.”
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      What about the significance as the obelisk as a form? Do we see anything else similar taking place in any of the other documents that you could connect to this event? Finding overlapping pattern would enable a stronger case in support of continuity rather than change.
  • emp. as a whole worked well to expand the empire, this same ideology led them to expand unsustainably. The Assyrians sought power in any way possible, such as through nature and their military. 
    • Nate Kogan
      Nate Kogan on 06 Oct 09
       
      Two points: 1. In a formal essay avoid abbreviations. 2. You bring up a new point about control of "nature" here; however, the rest of the essay never addressed this point in the body paragraphs. Avoid raising new issues in the conclusion.
Riley Genua

ABC-CLIO: World History: Ancient: Entry Display - 2 views

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  • Tiglath-pileser was eager to expand Assyria's access to the Mediterranean Sea, particularly because he wanted his empire to increase its number of trading partners and expand its trade routes. His goal brought him into a long conflict with a variety of nomadic and seminomadic Aramaean tribes, however. For more than 14 years in the middle period of his reign, Tiglath-pileser launched a total of 28 campaigns against the Aramaeans, who blocked his unmolested access to the Mediterranean. He was eventually successful, and the Aramaeans no longer posed a threat to Assyrian trade.
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      expanding trade routes did result in wars fought between the assyrians and other tribes and citites
  • a resource that was increasingly favored for military use as well as manufacture. However, Assyria's access to iron ore was threatened by a wave of nomadic invasions by tribal people from Phrygia known as the Mushki.
Riley Genua

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    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      Assyrian rule dates
Riley Genua

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    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      the king in the primary source of the picture
Riley Genua

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  • Around the beginning of the ninth century BC, the Assyrian Empire gained control of Byblos. A tribute list reveals that in 876, the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II accepted a tribute of natural resources as well as luxury manufactured goods, including jewelry and furniture, from Byblos. The Assyrians also profited from the ambitious shipping operations they directed from Byblos's port. The city next came under Persian influence between about 550 and 330, though it functioned as an independent kingdom with its own mint.
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      some of their items involved in commerce from Byblos, and Byblos must have been a primary resoure for their trading goods and a good place to trade when they gained control of it
Riley Genua

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  • The Assyrians ran up against the power of Aram (situated in modern-day Syria), which blocked their access to western trade routes.
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      trade- since they obtained more control over lands, they were thought to have more power than Aram, causing their power to block a western trade route
  • Assyria again had command of trade routes leading to Syria and Asia Minor, adding rich agricultural land and prosperous cities to its territory and a large population for military use
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      they mention its importance to military use since that was the Assyrian's main focus
  • Sennacherib maintained the lands his father had conquered
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      the king's family members rule after he passes away- like other empires
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  • they did contribute to society and culture
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 03 Oct 09
       
      they had some cultural developments and not all military
Jennifer Truong

REVOLT - 4 views

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  • The chief men and the elders of the city, to save their lives, came forth into my presence and embraced my feet, saying: "If it is thy pleasure, slay! If it is thy pleasure, let live! That which thy heart desireth, do!"
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Rule by fear.
  • In the valor of my heart and with the fury of my weapons I stormed the city. All the rebels they seized and delivered them up.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Propaganda
  • which like the stars of heaven could not be counted, I carried off.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Custom to take treasure from the conquered.
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  • Ahiababa, the son of a nobody
    • Jennifer Truong
      Jennifer Truong on 01 Oct 09
       
      Unlike other rulers, who were chosen through family lineage, he was chosen though he is not of the royal family.
  • flayed all the chief men who had revolted, and I covered the pillar with their skins; some I walled up within the pillar, some I impaled upon the pillar on stakes, and others I bound to stakes round about the pillar; many within the border of my own land I flayed, and I spread their skins upon the walls; and I cut off the limbs of the officers, of the royal officers who had rebelled. Ahiababa I took to Nineveh, I flayed him, I spread his skin upon the wall of Nineveh.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Rule by fear again.
  • At that time I fashioned a heroic image of my royal self, my power and my glory I inscribed thereon, in the midst of his palace I set it up. I fashioned memorial stelae and inscribed thereon my glory and my prowess, and I set them up by his city gate.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Spreads propaganda about himself. So basically in the seventh century or whenever this was they ruled by fear and propaganda.
  • [I received] tribute from all the kings of the land of [Laqe], -- silver, gold, lead, copper, vessels of copper, cattle, sheep, garments of brightly colored wool, and garments of linen, and I increased the tribute and taxes and imposed them upon them. At that time, the tribute of Haiani of the city of Hindani, -- silver, gold, lead, copper, umu-stone, alabaster, purple wool, and [Bactrian] camels I received from him as tribute.
    • Jennifer Truong
      Jennifer Truong on 01 Oct 09
       
      Other rulers feared him so they sent tributes as a "peace offering"(?)
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      Topic of this official account.
    • Emily Englander
      Emily Englander on 01 Oct 09
       
      Background info
  • The city of Suru of Bit-Halupe has revolted, they have slain Hamatai, their governor
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      The first action to initiate the revolt.
  • Ahiababa, the son of a nobody, whom they brought from Bit-Adini, they have set up as king over them.
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      Is he the new king of Suru of Bit-Halupe?
  • During my advance I received much tribute from Shulmanuhaman-ilani of the city of Gardiganni
  • Ahiababa, the son of nobody, whom they had brought from Bit-Adini, I took captive.
  • Emperor Ashurnasirpal
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      AUTHOR!
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      First action from Ashurnaspiral.
  • I built a pillar over against his city gate
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      Conquering the city.
  • My power and might I established over the land of [Laqe]
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      New city/land from what was conquered.
    • Audrey Laker
      Audrey Laker on 01 Oct 09
       
      Emperor Ashurnaspiral is the new leader.
  • I received much tribute from Shulmanuhaman-ilani of the city of Gardiganni, from Ilu-Adad of the city of Katna, -- silver, gold, lead, vessels of copper, and garments of brightly colored wool, and garments of linen.
    • Mariano A
      Mariano A on 02 Oct 09
       
      (the blue highlights indicate the times the Emperor took certain valued items, either by tribute or by force) I think this was a method of demoralizing any oppostion to his rule. Also without anything of valuable to trade for weaponry or to use to influence other states or leaders, it would be very difficult to mount a rebellion.
  • imperial rule of the Emperor Ashurnasirpal in the seventh century BCE
    • Mariano A
      Mariano A on 02 Oct 09
       
      author
  • In the valor of my heart and with the fury of my weapons I stormed the city.
    • Mariano A
      Mariano A on 02 Oct 09
       
      Tried to enhance his image
  • Emperor Ashurnasirpal describes how he lost political control of a city that he ruled
  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Primary source document excerpted from Daniel David Luckenbill, ed., Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, vol. 1 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1968): 144-145.
Jenna L

Tiglathpileser I - 2 views

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  • Tiglath-pileser, the powerful king, king of hosts, who has no rival, king of the four quarters (of the world),
    • stephen levy
      stephen levy on 01 Oct 09
       
      shows how the ruler is arrogant by "ruling the world"
    • Marylynn Smitherman
      Marylynn Smitherman on 01 Oct 09
       
      He thinks he rules the entire world, and he talks about himself in the third person. He is arrogant and thinks that he is the most powerful man in the world
    • Dane Dyslin
      Dane Dyslin on 01 Oct 09
       
      The scribe of this document places great emphasis on the divine and all-powerful Tiglathpileser, giving the implication that whatever this man said was law and he is supreme secular mouth of the gods
  • te shepherd whose name is exalted above all rulers; the lofty judge, whose weapons Ashur has sharpened, and whose name, as ruler over the four quarters (of the world),
    • Marylynn Smitherman
      Marylynn Smitherman on 01 Oct 09
       
      He thinks of himself close to a god, if not a full god
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 02 Oct 09
       
      so he could be looked at as a Gilgamesh. he was half g-d and half human
  • and overthrows the foes of Ashur.
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  • Ashur and the great gods who have enlarged my kingdom, who have given me strength and power as my portion, commanded me to extend the territory of their (the gods') country, putting into my hand their powerful weapons, the cyclone of battle.
    • Dane Dyslin
      Dane Dyslin on 01 Oct 09
       
      King T's reason for and claim to legitamacy to attack these lands is given by the supreme law of gods. He cements their power with his own
  • the beginning of my government, five kings
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 01 Oct 09
       
      how is this a government when a government consists of an elected leader by and for the public?
    • Marylynn Smitherman
      Marylynn Smitherman on 01 Oct 09
       
      it is a monarchial government, not a democratic government
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 02 Oct 09
       
      I see. So it doesn't specifically define government as a type of government auch as ours. Gotchaaa
  • With sixty kings I fought, spreading terror (among them), and achieved a glorious victory over them.
  • the terrible, destroying flame, which like the rush of the storm sweeps over the enemy's country
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 01 Oct 09
       
      this relates to both the Conrad - Demarest model 1E and Jared Diamond's lecture (mutaul antagonisms amoung those states caused by relations with hostile neighbors and societies.
  • adversary
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 01 Oct 09
       
      one who contends with the opposition by fighting for what they beleive in or the right cause (AKA and ARMY)
  • spreading terror (among them)
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      using fear in the past as well, a constant theme?
    • Brittany Alexis
      Brittany Alexis on 01 Oct 09
       
      The Assyrian army used scare tactis to achieve victory and power
  • In the beginning of my government, five kings . . . with an army of twenty thousand men . . .--and whose power no king had ever broken and overcome in battle--trusting to their strength rushed down and conquered the land of Qummuh (Commagene).
  • I waged battle in Qummuh with these five kings and their twenty thousand soldiers and accomplished their defeat. Like the Thunderer (the storm god Adad) I crushed the corpses of their warriors in the battle that caused their overthrow. I made their blood to flow over all the ravines and high places of mountains. I cut off their heads and piled them up at the walls of their cities like heaps of grain. I carried off their booty, their goods, and their property beyond reckoning. Six thousand, the rest of their troops, who had fled before my weapons and had thrown themselves at my feet, I took away as prisoners and added to the people of my country.
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 01 Oct 09
       
      this is a very visual description used to describe the wagging of battle and it show the perspective of people at the time of this battle (violence prospers when it come to mortal combat).
    • Dane Dyslin
      Dane Dyslin on 01 Oct 09
       
      King T appeals to his audience of his subjects by glorifying himself as a god and bragging that he accomplished this almost impossible victory with ease through his power.
    • Brittany Alexis
      Brittany Alexis on 01 Oct 09
       
      This passage shows the strength and resiliance of the Assyrian army, and their brutal mindset in the face of battle.
    • Marylynn Smitherman
      Marylynn Smitherman on 02 Oct 09
       
      This is King T's recounting of the battle that had the odds stacked against him, but he still won. So know he thinks of himself like a god, like when he says "like the Thunderer i crushed the corpses of their warriors..." he is boasting about his victory and his almightiness
  • shur, my lord
  • Six thousand, the rest of their troops, who had fled before my weapons and had thrown themselves at my feet, I took away as prisoners and added to the people of my country.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 01 Oct 09
       
      Population growth through hostile parties.
  • Like the Thunderer (the storm god Adad) I crushed the corpses of their warriors in the battle that caused their overthrow. I made their blood to flow over all the ravines and high places of mountains.
  • beginning of my government
  • 1115-1077 BC
  • Ashur and the great gods who have enlarged my kingdom, who have given me strength and power as my portion, commanded me to extend the territory of their (the gods') country, putting into my hand their powerful weapons, the cyclone of battle.
  • Assyria I added more land, to its people I added more people, enlarging the boundaries of my land and conquering all (neighboring?) territories.
  • army of twenty thousand men
  • I conquered Qummuh to its whole extent, and carried off their booty, their goods, and their property; I burned their cities with fire, destroyed, and devastated.
    • Marylynn Smitherman
      Marylynn Smitherman on 01 Oct 09
       
      he took all of the glory because he was the leader. though he alone didn't do all those things, it was his army.
    • Dane Dyslin
      Dane Dyslin on 02 Oct 09
       
      King T exercises his "rights" as demigod by taking away these peoples habitats and their homes. It also makes it sound like only King T did this; by himself.
  • t traversed Kashiari, an almost impassable region
  • aged battle in Qummuh with these five kings and their twenty thousand soldiers and accomplished their defea
  • I took away as prisoners and added to the people of my country.
  • conquered the land of Qummuh
  • king of all rulers, lord of lords, king of kings; the lofty prince . . . who rules over the nations, the legitim
  • I made no delay,
  • conquests
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 02 Oct 09
       
      conquest was part of the struggle and "wants" of the time and commonly caused one or more civilizations to collapse
  • chariots and assembled
  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Source for DBQ on Assyrian Empire
  • abby c on 01 Oct 09
     
    account of King Til. about the conquering and expansion
Riley Genua

Assyrian Army - 4 views

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  • techniques the Assyrians used to capture a city.
  • scale the wall with a ladder
    • Meaghan Houston
      Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
       
      Looks like men going up wall with shield and spear...getting ready to fight?
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 01 Oct 09
       
      Perhaps a common tactic used by the Assyrians (invade a city by going over the walls that protected and set the boundary for the city.)
  • wheeled battering ram is used to destroy the city walls.
    • Meaghan Houston
      Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
       
      Use battering ram to infiltrate the city. This shows how they wanted to conquer different cities.
    • Thomas S
      Thomas S on 01 Oct 09
       
      They have prior experience in battle and siege thus they know very much of the battering ram
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 01 Oct 09
       
      The battering ram might have been a common piece of technology to use while conquering a city.
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  • impaled on spikes
    • Meaghan Houston
      Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
       
      Impaled with the spears of the men climbing the wall?
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      Impaling was deliberate wounding used as a method of torture or execution, and was used in many empires. This could also represent their skills in military
  • Tiglath Pileser III, who is refered to in the Bible by his Babylonian name, Pul
    • Meaghan Houston
      Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
       
      One of the men working with bow and arrow. Did kings fight in the battles or did he just watch? This picture makes me think that Tiglath Pileser III did fight.
    • Thomas S
      Thomas S on 01 Oct 09
       
      The king being powerful is key to the societies perspective.
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 01 Oct 09
       
      Amesto mentions that King Tinglath-pilaser III called himself the "King of the Four Quarters" (126), which can be interpreted today as ruler of the world.
    • Meaghan Houston
      Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
       
      This picture makes me think that war was either important or a major part of the Assyrian's lives.
    • Thomas S
      Thomas S on 01 Oct 09
       
      Due to the lack in 3-d this reveals that they are not a art centered society or very big into art.
    • Thomas S
      Thomas S on 01 Oct 09
       
      Note: the unifromity of the soldier, which shows discipline and order
    • Amy Barrett
      Amy Barrett on 01 Oct 09
       
      Sculpures of winged bulls with kings' heads indicate that fear was a mechanism of control in the empire. In this picture, the king uses a bow and arrrow; perhaps pictures depict this in order to show the power and possible violence of the king.
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      the king is powerful because he is the only one using a bow and arrow, and the mass of people at the bottom could represent disorganization of the empire while in war, or it could just show how many people they killed when they made conquests
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      The tone of this picture is dark, because everyone is either killing someone or dying, either from an assyrian killing an enemy or dying on the spikes
  • techniques the Assyrians used to capture a city.
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 01 Oct 09
       
      it illustrates the struggles or successes they had when capturing. They used the typical swords, bows and arrows that empires thousands of yeras ago used, and it looks like they were trying to capture some sacred palace or building.
  • wheeled battering ram
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 01 Oct 09
       
      a wheeled batteringg ram is siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or doors. This maybe shows their technology inovations they had in the rise of their empire. They were also experienced with battling different empires
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      Tribes like the Ashmari used such rams to raise the morale of the attackers themselves by adding a blessed companion on their side, a once defeated foe reincarnated, whose spirit would now fight unsweveringly until the enemy's defeat. To strengthen this belief the Ashmari carved holy runes into the wooden beam, which should tie the spirit of the deceased monster to its new purpose: destroying its master's enemy. So the wheeled battering ram could support their religious beliefs while serving as a weapon while fighting
  • This picture illustrates some of the 1techniques the Assyrians used to capture a city. On the left hand side some men scale the wall with a ladder . On the right hand side a wheeled battering ram
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      the three figures could represent offerings to the Gods since the Assyrian Empire focused on religion and serving the Gods. This tone is dark since they're physically trapped on the spikes, while the army could be kiling these figures.
  • 1This picture illustrates some of the 1 techniques the Assyrians used to capture a city. On the left hand side some men 2 scale the wall with a ladder . On the right hand side a 3 2 wheeled battering ram is used to destroy the city walls. The three figures at the top next to the city have been 2
  • impaled on spikes
    • Riley Genua
      Riley Genua on 02 Oct 09
       
      one of the techniques used in defeated the enemy-impaling them on spikes to suffer a painful death
  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Primary source image of an Assyrian army's attack on a city launched by Tiglath Pileser III.
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  • Yunjae Sohn on 01 Oct 09
     
    Picture of an Assyrian Army
  • Meaghan Houston on 01 Oct 09
     
    Picture of an Assyrian Army
  • Thomas S on 01 Oct 09
     
    Picture of an Assyrian Army
  • Amy Barrett on 01 Oct 09
     
    Picture of an Assyrian Army
Colton Siegmund

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II - 2 views

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  • Merodach-suma-iddin King of Gan-Dunias [74] did Merodach-bila-yu'sate his foster-brother against him rebel
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Foster-brother rebels against the King of Gan - Dunias
  • Assur, the great Lord, the King of all
    • francesca roberts
      francesca roberts on 01 Oct 09
       
      Assur
  • The city of the waters of the Dhurnat I took.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      He went to get revenge against Merodach-suma-iddin and conquered Dhurnat
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  • and to save his life to [80] the mountains he ascended. After him I rode.
  • At the beginning of my reign, when on the throne [23] of royalty mightily I had seated myself, the chariots [24] of my host I collected. Into the lowlands of the country of 'Sime'si [25] I descended. The city of Aridu, the strong city [26] of Ninni, I took.
  • arrows I slew.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Killed him and his accompanying rebels.
  • [55] I approached. Gi'ammu, their Governor, I smote
  • The greatness of my arms as far as the sea overwhelmed.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Became famous through his conquests.
    • Allison Hunt
      Allison Hunt on 02 Oct 09
       
      Shows idea of all-powerful king--he says he ruled as far as the sea.
  • By the command of Assur, the great Lord, my Lord, [64] with them I fought. A destruction of them I made. [65] Their chariots, their war-carriages, their war-material I took from them. [66] 20,500 of their fighting men with arrows I slew. [67] In my seventh year to the cities of Khabini of the city of Tel-Abni I went. [68] The City of Tel-Abni, his stronghold, together with the cities which (were) dependent on it I captured. [69] To the head of the river, the springs of the Tigris, the place where the waters rise, I went
  • 73] In my eighth year, 1Merodach-suma-iddin King of Gan-Dunias [74] did Merodach-bila-yu'sate his foster-brother against him rebel
  • Arne his royal city with 100 of his (other) towns I captured.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Basic description of all of the conquests with elaboration on each site captured.
    • Allison Hunt
      Allison Hunt on 02 Oct 09
       
      He captured over 100 towns? Obviously the idea of the king as the ultimate warrior was very important to the Assyrians, revealing the value they placed on war and conquest.
  • Their spoil I carried away.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Getting rich off of all of these conquests.
  • In my fifteenth year among the sources of the Tigris (and) the Euphrates I went. An image [93] of my Majesty in their hollows I erected.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      He went to the sources of the Tigris and the Euphrates and erected a model of his Majesty. Seems religious, but is their god their Majesty?
    • Allison Hunt
      Allison Hunt on 02 Oct 09
       
      I think he means he made a statue of himself like he said he did earlier, but I'm not sure.
  • The tribute of the Tyrians, [104] the Zidonians (and) the Gebalites I received.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      The people had to pay tribute to those who conquered them.
  • To conquer [107] the mines of silver, of salt and of stone for sculpture I went.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Went to conquer the products of trade in order to have more power.
    • Allison Hunt
      Allison Hunt on 02 Oct 09
       
      Reveals that trade was an important source of power.
  • Yan'su King of the Zimri from the face [113] of my mighty weapons fled and to save his life [114] ascended (the mountains).
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Basically glorifying himself and telling how his enemies fled into the mountains when they came face-to-face with his armies
  • The cities I threw down, dug up (and) burned with fire. An image of my Majesty [125] in the country of Kharkhara I set up.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Pillaging the towns he conquered. Erected another image of his Majesty in Kharkhara.
    • Allison Hunt
      Allison Hunt on 02 Oct 09
       
      More statues of himself. Maybe to remind the conquered people he was always present, at least symbolically if not literally.
  • To Assyria I brought (them).
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 01 Oct 09
       
      Brought prisoners of war back to Assyria?
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      His role of honour, telling of his relation to the gods and how his power and authority come from them.
  • [19] the noble offspring of Tiglath-Adar [20] who has laid his yoke upon all lands hostile to him, and [21] has swept (them) like a whirlwind.
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      More of the thing above (role of honour).
  • In my first year [27] the Euphrates in its flood I crossed.
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      He puts this to show that he has powers over the gods, since he crossed the river when it was flooding.
  • By the command of Assur, the great Lord, my Lord, [64] with them I fought. A destruction of them I made. [65] Their chariots, their war-carriages, their war-material I took from them.
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      Justifies his killing of these people by saying that Assur told him to do it.
  • His treasure [95] his army (and) his gods to Assyria I brought. Yan'su son of Khanban to the kingdom over them I raised.
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      Lots of conquering going on by this point, very militaristic ideology.
    • Jenna L
      Jenna L on 02 Oct 09
       
      but in order to survive and keep your empire in tact, didn't you have to rely on your defences (See Conrad - Demarest Model 1E).
  • In my fifth year to the country of Kasyari I ascended. [53] The strongholds I captured. Elkhitti of the Serurians (in) his city I shut up. His tribute [54] to a large amount I received. In my sixth year to the cities on the banks of the river Balikh
  • Their cities I captured. Their spoil [102] I carried off.
  • His fighting men I slew. [116] His spoil I carried away.
  • The cities I threw down, dug up, (and) with fire burned.
  • . The tribute of 27 Kings [120] of the country of Par'sua I received
  • Its entrance-space I marked out. A palace, the seat of my Majesty, in the middle (of it) I founded.
  • news had been brought (me, that) men of the Patinians [148] Lubarni their Lord had slain (and) 'Surri (who was) not heir to the throne to the kingdom had raised. [149] Dayan-Assur the Tartan, the Commander of the widespreading army at the head of my host (and) my camp [150] I urged, I sent. The Euphrates in its flood he crossed. In the city of Cinalua his royal city [151] a slaughter he made. (As for) 'Surri the usurper, exceeding fear of Assur my Lord [152] overwhelmed him, and the death of his destiny he went
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 02 Oct 09
       
      Patinian killed their king, Lubarni. Surri led this revolution. Dayan-Assur sent to kill Surri. Crosses the Euphrates and kills him.
  • To the country of Par'sua I went down. The tribute of the Kings [173] of the country of Par'sua I received. (As for) the rest of the country of Par'sua which did not reverence Assur, its cities [174] I captured
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 02 Oct 09
       
      More severe punishments for those who do not accept the superiority of the Assyrians.
  • In my 31st year, the second time, the cyclical-feast [175] of Assur and Rimmon I had inaugurated
  • Two hundred and fifty of their cities I threw down, dug up (and) burned with fire.
  • Exceeding fear over them I cast.
    • Shree B
      Shree B on 02 Oct 09
       
      Frightful menace.
  • Those soldiers on stakes I fixed
  • Silver, gold, lead, bronze, iron, (and) the horns of wild bulls to a countless number I received.
  • the tribute brought to the Assyrian King by vassal princes
    • Chase Hale
      Chase Hale on 02 Oct 09
       
      Assyrian King given much honor by lower royalty
  • the face of heroism perfectest;
    • Chase Hale
      Chase Hale on 02 Oct 09
       
      The most perfect god who portrays himself as a hero
  • I attacked, I captured. Their fighting men I slew. Their spoil (and) their goods [119] I caused to be brought down.
    • Chase Hale
      Chase Hale on 02 Oct 09
       
      Gave no mercy
  • Kings of the country of Tabalu their wealth I received.
    • Chase Hale
      Chase Hale on 02 Oct 09
       
      Wealthy and well bountiful
    • Colton Siegmund
      Colton Siegmund on 02 Oct 09
       
      All the blue highlights for lines 25 through 35 are examples that prove that in Assyrian politics the leader had to constantly be conquering people to stay respected and in charge. This political ideology can very easily lead to overextension, and to bad relations with neighboring societies.
    • Colton Siegmund
      Colton Siegmund on 02 Oct 09
       
      All the blue highlights for lines 40 through 53 are examples that prove that in Assyrian politics the leader had to constantly be conquering people to stay respected and in charge. This political ideology can very easily lead to overextension, and to bad relations with neighboring societies. Also in line 48-49 it shows that Assyrian political leaders did not let the people they conquered keep their culture or many other belongings.
    • Colton Siegmund
      Colton Siegmund on 02 Oct 09
       
      The blue highlights in line 58 through 63, and 68 show that Assyrian political leaders believed in taking in taking tribute from the people they conquered, and that the Assyrians aggressive attitudes caused the leaders of surrounding societies to plot against the Assyrians.
  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Primary source text from Black Obelisk.
abby c

British Museum - The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III - 3 views

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  • It was erected as a public monument in 825 BC at a time of civil war.
  • The second register from the top includes the earliest surviving picture of an Israelite: the Biblical Jehu, king of Israel, brought or sent his tribute in around 841 BC
  • There are five scenes of tribute
    • Margaret L
      Margaret L on 01 Oct 09
       
      Conquered a lot.
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  • Assyrian kings often collected exotic animals and plants as an expression of their power.
  • tribute they exacted from their neighbours: including camels, monkeys, an elephant and a rhinoceros. Assyrian kings often collected exotic animals and plants as an expression of their power.
    • Michael McGarry
      Michael McGarry on 01 Oct 09
       
      very agressive military policy
    • Thanasis Kouris
      Thanasis Kouris on 01 Oct 09
       
      Celebrating their achievements and also used as intimidation for any visiting dignitaries from other cultures.
  • military campaigns
  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Secondary source overview of Black Obelisk object. Text for the document can be found at http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Assyria/Inscra01.html
Nate Kogan

Revival of Assyrian Empire: 745-730 BC - 2 views

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W.H.H. AssyrianDBQ

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  • Nate Kogan on 01 Oct 09
     
    Brief secondary source overview on Tiglath-Pileser's reign as Assyrian Emperor.
Errett W.

Chavín de Huántar - The Setting - 1 views

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  • Chavín can just as easily be thought of as being in a location of relatively difficult access.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 30 Sep 09
       
      Good and bad. They're protected from invaders but its hard to trade with other cultures.
Errett W.

Chavín de Huántar - The Setting - 0 views

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  • argued that this implies an eastern origin for the beliefs underlying the culture. What can be said with clarity is that the location of Chavín de Huántar would not have been natural home to the caiman (alligator), monkey, manioc plant, or many other representations in the art.
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 30 Sep 09
       
      So how did they learn of those animals? Through trade with other cultures in that area?
Errett W.

Chavín de Huántar - 0 views

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  • Early roles of leaders probably included organizing the relatively recently instituted agricultural food production, coordinating the increasingly large local living groups (villages, towns), coordinating aggression and defense, and serving as a religious leadership
    • Errett W.
      Errett W. on 30 Sep 09
       
      Nearly the same point of view as Armesto.
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