NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ashurbanipal, Esarhaddon, Achaemenid Empire
29 Mar 2018
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Ss1086: exam jam from 3-5 on friday april 5. Neo-assyrian named individuals by gender, women are massively under-represented in the written sources, the women that are mentioned are the royal women and the women that were slaves and workers, we know nothing about the women in between. Assyrian kingship: pre-reqs: descent from male line of royal family, divine legitimation, ability, king resides in succession house where he learns about the art of government. Government: chief eunuch, chief cupbearer, grand vizier, chief bailiff, chief treasurer, commander-in-chief, palace herald, provincial governors: 120 magnates . Eunuchs vs. bearded courtiers: eunuchs don"t have beards like other male figures, eunuchs as provincial governors under tiglath-pileser iii. Provincial systems: the highest officials as governors of key border provinces. Each official had his own province: commander in chief, cupbearer, treasurer, palace herald. Income for assyrian state: booty, gifts, tribute, tax.
