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🗓️ 16 May 2023
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0:00.0 | Scott here with another episode of the History Unplugged podcast. |
0:07.9 | In 671 BC, Assyria became the undisputed greatest power in the Middle East. |
0:13.0 | In that year King SR had marched through Western Asia, |
0:15.8 | crossed the Sinai Peninsula and entered Egypt. |
0:18.4 | Pharaoh Tahrqa was able to escape, but his wife, Crown Prince, |
0:22.0 | many of his Heronwomen were captured. |
0:23.8 | The Seriop plundered Egypt and brought its wealth back to the capital |
0:27.2 | on the Tigris River in North East Iraq. |
0:29.1 | As Erhadin said, I achieved victory over the rulers of the four quarters of the world |
0:33.2 | and sprinkled a venom of death over all my enemies. |
0:36.1 | Now, Assyria was no stranger to terrorizing its enemies and its neighbors. |
0:40.0 | In its royal palaces, it carved out scenes of torturing its enemies, |
0:44.2 | skidding them alive. |
0:45.3 | The created tablets containing every single punishment that Assyrians carried out, |
0:49.6 | cutting off limbs, gouging out eyes, |
0:51.5 | letting everyone know what would happen if they defied Assyria. |
0:54.5 | But were they really the cruelest empire of their day? |
0:57.4 | Or was this just a psychological warfare campaign? |
1:00.0 | At the same time in history Assyria created the world's first universal library, |
1:04.3 | building palaces and parks with exotic plants throughout Mesopotamia, |
1:08.8 | ruling over an ethnically diverse mix of people from dozens of foreign lands. |
1:12.5 | Today's episode will look at the 1400 year legacy of Assyria. |
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