“Ancient
History 312
Handouts
Assurnasirpal II’s Standard
Inscription
Banquet Inscription of Assurnasirpal
II
From A. L. Oppenheim, Letters from
Sources for the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Sources for the Achaemenid Empire
Writing Assignments
Week 3 (due April 22)
Week 5 midterm – no writing assigment due
Powerpoint
Presentation Outlines
Sargon II and Hezekiah’s Reforms
Sennacherib’s Attack on Judah; The King of Assyria
The Fall of Assyria and the Reforms
of Josiah
The Babylonian Exile: Social and
Religious Consequences
Babylon and the
Babylonian New Year’s Festival
Babylonian Creation Myth and
Nabonidus
The Achaemenid Empire: Cyrus to Darius I
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