From Epics of Kings in the Second and First Millennium B.C. An Analytical Study

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 25, 2025
Pages
3-19

Abstract

The Assyrian epics reflect a number of topics, the foremost of whichare the achievements of the kings, their invasions, and their wars for peace,the stabilization of borders, the strengthening of their armies, and thepreservation of their trade routes. All these topics were very important in thedeveloping the human and spiritual thinking , because the nature of man in Mesopotamia is concerned with the origin of existence, life, death, battles,immortality, justice, good and evil, and other things that fall within hishuman society. In this topic, we will deal with five epics, which are asfollows: First: between the lands of Babylon and Assyria, Tukulti-Ninurta I,second: the revolution of the palace, Adad-Shuma- Uusr Third: To Urartu,Shalmaneser III, Fourth: Your forgiveness, marduk, Emile-Marduk, Fifth:Oh The king, live forever, Nabo Palasar.

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