Assyrian – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:50:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Assyrian – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Provincial Terror as Internal Policing in the Neo-Assyrian Empire https://brewminate.com/provincial-terror-as-internal-policing-in-the-neo-assyrian-empire/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:49:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=269367 The Neo-Assyrian Empire demonstrates with unusual clarity how internal coercion can move from contingency to structure. By Matthew

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]]> The Ancient Assyrian Empire and What Made Them a Superpower https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-assyrian-empire-and-what-made-them-a-superpower/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:42:17 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=148069 Back in the times of the early bronze era or approximately 2000 BCE (long before things such as

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]]> Ancient Assyrian Reliefs Tell the Story of an Empire https://brewminate.com/ancient-assyrian-reliefs-tell-the-story-of-an-empire/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:02:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=139482 Exploring tales of military might, myth, and court life as told through stone sculptures. Interview of Dr. Timothy

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]]> The King’s Feast: Power and Propaganda at the Neo-Assyrian Royal Table https://brewminate.com/the-kings-feast-power-and-propaganda-at-the-neo-assyrian-royal-table/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:30:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=102311 The Assyrian king was the main promoter of big feasts and special events, during which he played the

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]]> ‘The Marduk Prophecy’: A Traveling Statue in Ancient Assyria https://brewminate.com/the-marduk-prophecy-a-traveling-statue-in-ancient-assyria/ Sun, 28 Apr 2019 17:52:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=93022 The author would have constructed the narrative to place the events in the past in order to allow

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]]> Hezekiah and the Assyrian Tribute https://brewminate.com/hezekiah-and-the-assyrian-tribute/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:30:49 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=73894 Seal of Hezekiah, 8th century BCE / Creative Commons The tribute provides valuable information for the reconstruction of the

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]]> Adad Nirary I and the Expansion of the Assyrian Empire https://brewminate.com/adad-nirary-i-and-the-expansion-of-the-assyrian-empire/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:37:41 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=62958 This Assyrian relief from the North-West Palace in Kalhu (c. 865-860 BCE) shows King Ashurnasirpal advancing on an enemy city, protected

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