Exercises on Assyrian Civilization

(Osec - SP) The Assyrians stood out:

1. for his scientific achievements in the field of astronomy.
2. for the remarkable commercial exchanges carried out with the Phoenicians.
3. for organized and cruel militarism.
4. for the codification of ancient customary law.
5. for building monumental tombs for their kings.

(FATEC) The world's first organized army, with mandatory conscription and which became a standing force after the reign of Tiglatphalasar III (745 - 728 BC), was a creation of:

a) Egyptians

b) Chaldeans

c) Assyrians

d) Sumerians

e) Akkadians

“The social predominance among this people belonged to a priestly and military aristocracy that subjected the entire peasantry, which was obliged to pay tribute in cereals, metals, cattle and to provide free services to the State. With the growing expansion and militarization of society, production and public services ended up being the responsibility of the defeated populations, transformed into slaves, and a large part of the farmers and artisans became part of the army ”.

VICENTINO, C. General History . High school. São Paulo:Scipione, 2000. p. 33.

Despite some characteristics common to the peoples who dominated the Mesopotamian region, we perceive in the text above the indication of an extremely militarized society, which enslaved the dominated populations.

The text refers to which Empire of Antiquity?

1. Assyrian Empire.
2. Akkadian Empire.
3. Persian Empire.
4. Babylonian Empire.
5. Hebrew Empire.

Read the text below:

“From the time of Hammurabi, certain temples began to organize libraries, in which the tablets, carefully classified according to genre and work, were piled up in baskets equipped with a clay label, according to a similar process. used for the classification and conservation of archives.”

“There were rulers who acted similarly in their palaces. But none devoted as much energy to this activity as Ashurbanipal, who claimed to have received from the gods 'the whole science of writing'. He ordered his officials to seek out and send to the palace the originals, or at least copies, of all ritual, religious, magical, astronomical, historical texts, etc. His circulars concluded the enumeration by advice of the following kind, addressed to his representative at Borsippa, in Chaldea:'And if there be any tablet in ritual text, concerning which I have not instructed you, but which you think is good for my palace, select, take it, and send it to us' .”

AYMARD, André and AUBOYER, Jeannine. The East and Ancient Greece. in CROUZET, Maurice. General History of Civilizations . vol. 1, São Paulo:Difel, 1972. p. 159.

The text above describes the action of King Ashurbanipal who sought to encourage the conservation of the cultural production of the peoples he had conquered. In which kingdom did Ashurbanipal reign and what library did he build?

1. Macedonian Empire and the Library of Alexandria.
2. Hittite Empire and the Hattusa Library.
3. Babylonian Empire and the Library of Babylon.
4. Assyrian Empire and the Library of Nineveh.
5. Kingdom of Pergamum and the Library of Pergamum.

Letter C . The Assyrians were known in antiquity for organizing an army and the way they treated their enemies on the battlefield.

Letter C . The Assyrians built their Empire in antiquity based mainly on military expansion and the violent and cruel way in which they treated their enemies.

Letter A.

Letter D . Despite being known for their immense cruelty, the Assyrians also built one of the greatest libraries of the Ancient Age, and part of their collection of tablets is now in the British Museum, London.