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Saturday, January 22. 2022

The Assyrian Empire

A lengthy documentary, but it is difficult to stop watching. Very well done. They created a civilization that makes Medieval Europe, 2000 years later, seem like a back woods barbarian place.



Posted by The Barrister in History at 13:45 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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My wife is reading aloud the bible to my kids, cover to cover. They are currently in Ezra and, by coincidence, my oldest's histroy reader is covering the Hellenistic period. I think I'll watch this documentary with him. Plenty for both of us to learn.
#1 jack walter on 2022-01-23 08:00 (Reply)
The first five minutes are actually about the Greek Ten Thousand. The video is well worth the watch just to touch on their journey into the land, Anabasis. They won the battle for their Persian prince, Cyrus the Younger, with the loss of only one wounded Greek. But the prince was killed, losing the war.

The rebel Persians moved to accommodation with the Persian emperor, leaving the Greeks surrounded in enemy territory. The Greek officers parlayed with the Persian emperor, and were slaughtered. Yet, the Greek army managed to make their way to the sea. Thálatta! Thálatta!

Alexander of Macedon must have known this story, and realized that the Greeks could prevail against any number of Persians.
#2 Zachriel on 2022-01-23 13:16 (Reply)
I'm only a few minutes in and enjoying it immensely, but I keep having to turn it off to go read up on interesting rabbit trails, like the Anabasis (the "March Up-Country") and many interesting fictional and cultural offshoots of that riproaring story. I'm looking forward to celebrating ἐξελαύνω day on Mar. 4 ("March forth!").

More charming news: this is Episode 13 in a series on the Fall of Civilizations. I can see what I'll be watching for a while.
#3 Texan99 on 2022-01-23 13:44 (Reply)
The first couple of minutes were amazing and very well done. Thanks for the recommendation. It really hit a sweet spot since I'm studying Ancient History with the boys.
#4 molloaggie on 2022-01-25 14:18 (Reply)

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