Santa Monica College Assyrians and Cyrus the Great Questions

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1. What tactics did the Assyrians use to rule their empire? 2. How did the rule of Cyrus the Great differ from the rule of Assyrian kings? 3. The discovery of the Cyrus Cylinder in the 19th century challenged the story of Cyrus the Great told in the Hebrew Bible in at least one important way. Do the differences between the text of the Cyrus Cylinder and the Bible mean that one source is more reliable than the other? Or are they equally reliable primary sources? Use class material to support your reasoning. You should aim for a response of roughly 500 words total (around 500 words total to answer all three questions). Your answer should be broken up in three distinct parts, one for each question. Your responses must be clearly numbered. You may allocate the 500 words between the three questions as you see fit.
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QUESTION 1
The Assyrians have created the first big army in the world and the first big empire of the
world. Their superior ability to combat siege and their dependence on unadulterated, sheer terror
was what resulted in the conquering of other cities (Parker, 2011). It was Assyrian policy always
to necessitate examples of those who resisted their policy; this included total deportations of
people and terrible physical punishment.
The most successful army force of the Ancient world until the empire's downfall in 612
BC was the Assyrian War Machine (Parker, 2011). The key to its success was an army with a
professional background, iron arms, advanced techniques, effective tactics, and, most
importantly...


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