Eski Yakındoğu Tarihi Gönderileri
Eski Yakındoğu Tarihi kitaplarını, Eski Yakındoğu Tarihi sözleri ve alıntılarını, Eski Yakındoğu Tarihi yazarlarını, Eski Yakındoğu Tarihi yorumları ve incelemelerini 1000Kitap'ta bulabilirsiniz.
We call it Urartu following Assyrian practice, but the indigenous term was Biainili, that is, “those of the land of Bia.” That last term has survived today in the name of Lake Van.
Te'umman's head was taken to Nineveh and ended up hanging off a tree in the palace garden where Assurbanipal and his wife had a garden party.
Archaeologically, the burning down of a city is more visible than its survival.
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A woman who was caught stealing would have her ears cut off by her husband, or her nose by the victim. Public behavior was rigidly controlled. Although married women were allowed to go outside the house on their own, they had to cover their heads.
The diplomatic acceptance of Assyria into the league of great states was slow. After Adad-nirari had established de facto control over the Mittani area, he wrote to the king of Hatti and called him brother. The Hittite ruler replied rudely: “On what account should I write to you about brotherhood? Were you and I born from one mother?”
3500 yıl önce de durum farklı değilmiş
The Syro-Palestinian region was sandwiched between competing territorial states: first Egypt and Mittani, later Egypt and Hatti, with Assyria lurking in the background. It acted as a buffer between these great states and as a place where they could interact competitively, both directly and by proxy.
The fact that the monument with the laws stood in a place where people could consult it is important – even if they were unable to read, they were aware of the fact that Hammurabi guaranteed justice in his kingdom.
The Hurrians may have been responsible, however, for a major technological innovation that took place during the “Dark Age”: the use of the horse and chariot.
I am indeed the shepherd who brings peace, whose scepter is just. My benevolent shade was spread over my city, I held the people of the lands of Sumer and Akkad safely on my lap.
HammurabiKitabı okudu
Kings of early second-millennium Babylonia drastically intervened in the economies of their states by abolishing the outstanding debts of producers at irregular intervals. They called this restoring order in the land and saw it as part of their duty as guardians of the people.