CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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brutal warriors in reliefs on the walls of Ninevah
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a peaceful group who lived in the middle of the Mediterranean
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sea-faring people
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people to the south of Egypt who were conquerors
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most rooms in the palace were decorated in this way, though in the throne room more space was given to scenes of war and hunting. Most of the reliefs show human-or eagle-headed supernatural figures, whose function was to provide magical protection to the palace and the king.
Detailed explanation-2: -They would cut off legs, arms, noses, tongues, ears, and testicles. They would gouge out the eyes of their prisoners. They would burn small children alive. The Assyrian army was a professional army and it was well organized.
Detailed explanation-3: -The reliefs depict details including mountains, grapevines, pomegranates, figs, palm trees, warriors firing arrows in battle, and a high-ranking captive in an Assyrian fortified military encampment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ashurbanipal was king of the Neo-Assyrian empire. At the time of his reign (669–c.