The World's First Army

The article “Grisly Assyrian Record of Torture and Death” by Erika Bleibtreu gives an insight into the ways of the Assyrian military campaigns and battles. During Mesopotamian times, wars were what divided ruling periods. There were many different groups of people that dominated Ancient Mesopotamia, and the Assyrians were one of them. Assyria, a powerful ancient empire, once sprawled across the entirety of the Fertile Crescent. It encompassed land in four modern day countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The Assyrians were a force to not be reckoned with, for they destroyed cities and devastated crop fields and killed many people. The Assyrians did so well mainly because of their great talent to resist and overwhelm their enemies. There was never a point in time that the Assyrians were ever at peace, they were always involved in some sort of conflict.

At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army had little to no artillery of their own. It was not until May 10th, 1775, when Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to attack Fort Ticonderoga. The attack was small, surprising the British garrison while they slept. This was the also first American victory of the Revolutionary War, which led to the Continental Army to acquire much needed artillery that would eventually help in the Continental Army’s ability to manufacture their own cannons. The most useful piece of artillery were lightweight, which gave them the ability to easily maneuver on the battlefield by carriages, and traveled with the armies to be used as anti-personnel weapons. Not

Mesopotamia, “the Land between Rivers,” was one of the greatest and the oldest ancient civilizations of the world. This civilization flourished around 3000 B.C. on the piece of fertile land, now known as Iraq, between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Before 1792 B.C., the city-states of ancient Mesopotamia were not united and constantly clashed in turmoil and warfare. In 1792 B.C., King Hammurabi conquered and merged the neighboring city states of ancient Mesopotamia, creating a Babylonian empire and becoming the sixth king of its capitol city, Babylon. During his reign, Hammurabi established law and order and funded irrigation, defense, and religious projects. He personally took care of and governed the administration. In

The Assyrians were very successful as empire-builders. Although the Sea People destroyed their domain a couple of times, the Assyrians still managed to revive creating the “Neo-Assyrian Empire,” in which their realm expanded especially in the Middle East and took control over Egypt. During the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the Assyrians were able to master the skill at using chariots and the proficiency of iron smelting. They developed iron weapons and the first true cavalry force that gave them a huge advantage over their neighbors who still used copper and tin weapons. Consequently, the Assyrians became an unrivaled power over the ancient Near East and began exploring artworks and ways they could adorn their cities. The Assyrians were also famous for building great roads that allowed them to move quickly from place to place. Likewise, they built amazing cities with fortified walls, canals,

You can imagine what the outcome was likely to be in any battle that the Assyrian army would have become engaged in; their foe; would be made up of ill-equipped and poorly trained soldiers.

The continental army was not doing so well in the war, and when winter came around they decided to put the war on hold. The continental army built a camp called Valley Forge. In the chart The Estimates of death and Illness at Valley Forge (Doc A) in December 1777 they had about 12,000 people and in February 1778 they only had about 8,000 people. About 2,500 people died because of illnesses.

The most interesting finding of our research is the relatively high risk of death in young adulthood, plausibly a result of warfare. However, it arises a question how the Scythians managed to embrace a domination over other human groups if there were at the same time characterized by the high mortality of an adult and the low fertility, as well as, how did they maintain fighting strength. The possible explanation of this situation could be a recruitment by Scythians the local people into their army (especially in the regions where they have direct contact with Phracians, Meotioans and so on). Such strategy was common among other human past societies with a successful military track record, like e.g. the Roman Empire (Delbruck 1990, Whately, 2010; p.227-230) or Macedonian Empires (Ashley 1998). Moreover, the same phenomenon was also applied by The British during rule India, who very likely they had a lower fertility rate than the subject peoples (see Marshall, 2006 p. 283-284; Roy 2013).

Imagine that you are living in Constantinople at the time of Attila the Hun. All you hear about is the Hunnic Army racing through the Roman Empire, razing towns and villages, slaughtering men, women and children alike. You are terrified of them, and you are worried of what would happen if Constantinople were taken. You would feel like many Europeans during World War 2 with the ever-looming threat of Nazis. There are many parallels between Hitler and Attila, and Attila’s story could show how history often repeats itself.

Fascinating enough there is a stele, which is a slab of stone carved, with a hymnic summary of the campaigns of central and northern Syria, it reads “ (Foreign) lands larger (than) the territory of Assyria I captured, Countless people unto its people I added; I continuously herded them in safe pastures, I (am) Tuglath-pileser, king of Assyria. Who from East to West personally conquered all the lands. Over realms where the chariots of the kings, my fathers, never passed, I appointed governors. From the Great Sea of the East Resisuri (and) Gubla, on the Shore of the Great Sea of the West, I marched to and fro, and ruled the world” (Tadmor, 57) This shows that through ancient lore that it is seen as a conquest of an empire. Historically speaking about a decade later

Although the Assyrian Empire deconstructed, they were able to improve their self defense against adversaries who would want to cause harm. Many enemies would, frequently, attack the civilization. It was a result of their “flat, exposed land [making it] easy for other people to attack” (Beck, 95), portraying the various opportunities for them to cause destruction and the reason to the Assyrians` naiveness. Intruders would usually come through the mountains nearby the empire. However, they desired to make a change to the invasions. Assyria`s effort in change was ceaseless, yet trying to “maintain permanent control failed… and a cycle of rebellion continued” (Rogers), implying the persistence of the Assyrians that never improved. This is

The Axumite Kingdom was a strong trading empire, which was located in modern day Ethiopia and Eritrea (The Kingdom of Aksum is Founded). For them being located southeast of Kush on rugged land, made it difficult for them to farm. That didn’t stop them from developing a technique to farm on these rugged and hilly grounds. The Axumites were very determined people; they knew they were surrounded by huge bodies of water, so they used it to their advantage. Trade was more accessible for them, but to make it more simpler and less challenging they coined money, to make a common currency instead of barter. One thing they made the Axumites stand out was their beautiful architecture. They built huge monuments for their rulers or the wealthy to honor them, like how Egypt built pyramids to keep their king in after death. The estimate of when the Axumite kingdom spanned was about 200 BC – 650 AD (Paul Davis), for people of that time they were extremely ahead of other civilizations. The kingdom of Axum reached its peak around A.D. 325 and 360, when determined ruler Enzana took throne (McDougal 226). He first conquered a section of the Arabian peninsula, current day Yemen. Then later by 350 he conquered the Kushites and destroyed Meroë. The Axumite Kingdom culturally, economically, and agriculturally influenced the Middle East and Eastern Africa through trade, terrace farming and religion.

This paper is an analysis of the books of 1 and 2 Kings. It will examine their authorship, structure, flow, and themes. In addition, it will compare their content to the writings of 1-2 Chronicles, Isaiah, and extra-biblical writers who speak of the same events. Lastly, it will examine the author’s place in history as a historian and theologian.

Iraj had a strong, ruthless military. This was not good for the Amerians, for obvious reasons. However, the Iraj military was also untrained compared to the Amerian military. This meant that battles would be ruthless, but over in a matter of minutes. Hand to hand sword fighting was a skill the Amerians had mastered in their early nationhood, and had passed down several secrets and traditions that would ease an Amerian’s struggle in

Herodotus then zooms in and pictures the conflict taking place hand-to-hand within a temple to Demeter, again underscoring the intimate relationship between military violence and religious veneration. The ferocity of war and combat is heightened here, as elsewhere, in descriptive additions and language flavored with adjectives. Herodotus displays a detailed concern with the accessories of combat and pays particular attention to the fact that the Persians were relatively lightly armed. Indeed, over the course of the Histories at large, armaments emerge as an important factor in determining military victories. Here, the Persians “were neither less valorous nor weaker, but they had no amour; moreover, they were unskilled and no match for their adversaries in craft”.

The U.N. army was made of 14 non communist armies that were all led Gen. Douglas MacArthur