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Map, Mitanni and Assyria
Posted on 11/28/2008 8:51:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv
On November 19, 2008, six corpses were discovered in Kurdistan-Iran. Archeologists believe the corpses were buried some 3000 years ago. The corpses belonged to a king and five of his bodyguards, who were buried around him... [T]he king was buried with jewelry and his crown. A fish plaque with ancient writings placed on his chest requires a scientific study by unbiased archeologists to come up with an authentic and undistorted translation of the historic message. The king's picture shows a strong resemblance to the ones of the ancient pictures of the Medes emperors. Also, the geographical area where the corpses were discovered is situated at the heart of what was the Median Empire... After the Median Empire became the Medo-Persian Empire in 550 BCE, the Medes' culture, way of governance, and language were adapted by the Persian rulers and the Medes remained in honor and positions in the empire. However, under King Darius things gradually changed and Persian rule increased. Ever since then, the Persian rulers, ancient and modern alike, have tried to misrepresent Kurdish history and portray the Kurdish culture as Iranian culture and the Kurdish language as a branch of the Persian language.
(Excerpt) Read more at kurdishaspect.com ...
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SunkenCiv, were the Medes the residents of Classical Nineveh?
Bodyguard to the King - a heck of a job until the big man dies.
Assyrians.
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Do you suppose that if they put little batteries in the fish plaque, it’ll sing a funny Median song???
The fish plaque was probably Dagon the fish god. But I think the batteries of that singing bass would be a whole lot funnier. LOL!
The Medes were Indo-Iranian (modern designation, and of course, if memory serves), and were one of the two large groups (the other being the Scythians) which entered the Near East during the final decades of the Assyrian Empire. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, and for a number of years there was a balance of power, with the Babylonians resisting Assyrian domination and allied with (I think) the Scythians, and the Medes allied with the Assyrians. Somehow or other the Babylonians sweet talked the Medes into changing sides, Nineveh was stormed, and the Assyrian Empire was no more. Well, for all practical purposes. There was one more king of kings, but he got nowhere, and the Assyrians became a regional ethnic minority.
Danke’,
As I recall though, the Assyrians overtook Babylon and captured the city fairly quickly?
The Assyrians conquered Mesopotamia a number of times, and lost control one way or other each time. One uprising was actually by the Assyrian viceroy and brother of the Assyrian king. :’) What we know as the Babylonian Empire (often called the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and it is discussed in the Old Testament) began after the destruction of Nineveh.
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