NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nimrud, Nebuchadnezzar Ii, Esarhaddon
22 Feb 2018
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Citing primary sources: give page range or the relevant pages, use internal numbering system, objective is to help the reader, author, year, page ref. Religion and society: the king and the gods, palace and temple, the individual. Royal ideology: assyria: the king was the direct representative on earth of the national god assur, babylonia: the priesthood was an intermediary between the gods and the kings. Kalhu, huge lower town (un-investigated), streets in the town, citadel: find spots of tablet archives in palace and other buildings, huge central courtyard and another one outside to access palace: hattusas, babylon, persepolis. Dur-sharrukin: assyrian empire capital after kalhu, fortress of sargon, for king sargon ii. Nineveh: assyrian capital from reign of sennacherib until fall of assyria (704-681), military palace and arsenal, some remains are visible including relief decorations have become visible because of bombings, citadel is where they stored equipment.
