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Assyrian conquest and ruralization: unveiling territorial dynamics in the provinces of Magiddû and Samerina

Levant
Between 732 and 720 BCE, the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel marked a pivotal moment in the political history of the southern Levant, culminating in the establishment of the provinces of Magiddû and Samerina.
A. Squitieri
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Becoming Empire: Neo-Assyrian palaces and the creation of courtly culture

Journal of Ancient History, 2019
Assyria (911–612 BCE) can be described as the founder of the imperial model of kingship in the ancient Near East. The Assyrian court itself, however, remains poorly understood. Scholarship has treated the court as a disembodied, textual entity, separated
M. Groß, D. Kertai
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KING OF THE FOUR QUARTERS: DIVERSITY AS A RHETORICAL STRATEGY OF THE NEO-ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

Iraq, 2019
Recent studies of cultural interaction in the Assyrian empire have focused on the process of assimilation and the production of alterity. In this article, I argue that Assyrian royal rhetoric goes beyond emphasizing simple difference, instead using ...
By J. Degrado
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Foreign Royal Nobles in the Neo Assyrian Empire

Journal of Universal History Studies
The Assyrian kings, who reached the peak of their power in the Near East between 934-612 BC, implemented various practices that would help them maintain their military and political dominance.
Koray Toptaş
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Winckelmann in Nineveh: Assyrian Remains in the Age of Classics

Journal of Latin Cosmopolitanism and European Literatures, 2021
By the middle of the 19th century, French and British diplomats managed excavations in the biblical land of legendary Assyrian kings, where Nineveh had been buried long before Greek classical era.
Yannick Le Pape
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Jamaan at the pass of Bi’rein. An Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold in central Jordan [PDF]

, 2016
In years 2015-2016 the Zarqa Directorate of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan carried out a rescue excavation at the site of Jamaan, an Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold 16 Km north of ‘Amman.
Gharib, Romeel, Nigro, Lorenzo
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A Northwest Semitic Curse Formula: The Sefire Treaty and Deuteronomy 28

, 2016
While a great deal of scholarly investigation has focused on parallels between biblical curses and imprecations found in Neo-Assyrian Treaties, the curses in the Aramaic treaty of Sefire have garnered relatively less attention.¹ In recent years there has
Ramos, Melissa
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Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria [PDF]

, 2012
An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age ...
Ian Wilson
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History in the Eye of the Beholder? Social Location and Allegations of Racial/Colonial Biases in Reconstructions of Sennacherib’s Invasion of Judah

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2012
Sennacherib’s third campaign is one of the more thoroughly investigated events that intersects with biblical history. The fact that there are three biblical narratives (2 Kgs 18–19; Isa 36–37; 2 Chr 32) concerned with the Assyrian campaign against ...
Paul S Evans
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The Conflict Between Nestorians (Assyrians) and Chaldeans in the Foundation of Iraq

گۆڤارا زانستێن مرۆڤایەتی یا زانكۆیا زاخۆ, 2021
Christians constitute an important component of Iraqi society. Iraqi Christians have been settled in Mesopotamia since ancient times. Christians have historical, political, cultural and social relations with both the Iraqi people and the people of ...
Yaşar KAPLAN
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