ARTH 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Robert Koldewey, Ashurbanipal, Nabopolassar
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The material on the final is after the midterm to the last class. The persians will not be on the final. Ashurbanipal (last great king of the neo-assyrian empire), there were other kings but they were on the decline, He did build a palace at the site of nineveh. Ashurbanipal"s face was hacked which is probably the act of vandalism when the. The site was not excavated well palace was sacked. There is intricate attention to detail on the wall paintings/carvings. The details in the headdresses and bracelets with ringlets. May have been a hobby and have been proud of this. The lions would be a threat to peasants in the countryside and the king would then show his ability to protect his subjects. There would be rituals or religious practices after the hunts. The empire weakened with civil strike combined with attacks from other groups (chaldeans from babylonia and the medes from iran)
