Assyrian Empire - Why Assyria?
3 important questions on Assyrian Empire - Why Assyria?
What does the construction of cities reveal about the empire itself?
Deportees constructed the city walls and cities. This required:
1. The mobilization of thousands of people across the empire
2. Food -> irrigation and agricultural intensification for which more people were needed
1. The mobilization of thousands of people across the empire
2. Food -> irrigation and agricultural intensification for which more people were needed
How did the Assyrian Empire maintain control?
1. No uniform way of control, but it was dependent on the conquered region
2. Network model of control: patches of territorial control in a region. They held one area under strict control. Surrounding areas not
3. Through roads, forts, colonies, ideology and citizenship
2. Network model of control: patches of territorial control in a region. They held one area under strict control. Surrounding areas not
3. Through roads, forts, colonies, ideology and citizenship
What are the key points of Assyria?
- Originally a small city state
- Center for a large trade network in the Middle Bronze Age
- A small empire at the end of the Late Bronze Age
- The largest imperial power in the Early Iron Age
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