جبروت آشور الذي كان

Sidgwick & Jackson Great Civilizations Series

by Henry William Frederick Saggs

كتاب يختص بالحضاره الاشوريه ويغطي ابرز جوانبها
من جغرافيا وملوك وفنون وميثولوجيا واساطير وطب وادب

Genres: History, Nonfiction

443 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Henry William Frederick Saggs was an English classicist and orientalist.After studying theology at King's College London, Skaggs served with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. After the war he attended the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he studied Assyriology under Sidney Smith, earning his Ph.D. in 1953. Saggs taught at Baghdad University and Mosul University before becoming Chair of Semitic Languages in University College, Cardiff, where he served from 1966 until his retirement in 1983.

Reviews

[Cassandra Kay Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was better than the other book I read on Assyria this month, it covered a wide range of subjects from conquests to hair styles and gave you a pretty good outline of the civilization. It also referenced the bible without "referencing it". What I mean by that is that it was referenced only by cuneiform from the time period but that they put bits about the bible in it to help you reference the events that happened, and then further went to explain where these match up to other evidence in the cuneiform and where they do not match with Assyrian documentation. Hopefully that was not a confusing explanation, but you get the idea. I wish they would have put more dates in this one though, perhaps they were unsure of some of them but I would have liked to have had at least a general date for some of these kings and battles, that was a bit scattered. The maps were well done, but a current world reference for some of the maps would have been appreciated as I could not figure out some of the landmasses they were describing. The general cities were easy enough but some of the battles and so forth I could not follow the location of.

[Laith 𒇲𒀉 · Rating 3 out of 5]

للمهتمين بالحضاره الاشوريه هذا الكتاب يغطي على كل جوانب هذه الحضاره العريقه

[Feras Ha]

I want to read that book

[Scott Dover · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book presents an excellent overview of the complete history, Art and religion of Assyria. A great place to start if you want to find out about this neglected civilization.

[Reeds · Rating 4 out of 5]

Presumably the author’s dates, facts, and archaeology information is accurate, as far as I can tell.

However, whenever he feels “forced” to mention Creator-God, he turns from a rational man telling facts into a mocking, personal-opinion-giving teenager. Not a good look in a textbook.

A milder Example of his bias:
"A man did not even have to worship the Assyrian national god Ashur, for the pantheon ruled over by Ashur was flexible enough to accommodate gods who originated elsewhere; unlike the Israelite Yahweh, Ashur was sure enough of his supremacy not to have to be a jealous God."

The author even decided that ancient Assyrian kings weren't racist. How could he possibly know how they felt? He based it on the fact that they were willing to forcibly capture them and take them back home with him. They did that everywhere they went so how could you assume racism or lack thereof by something they did everywhere.

More than once, he corroborated the Bible, I knew he didn't realize it because he didn't make a mocking comment about those.

[Shakir Bahzad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This guy is passionate about the Assyrians but still unbiased. I like that.

[Kinan Arous · Rating 3 out of 5]

لا ادري لماذا كرهت هذا الكتاب بالرغم من ضخامته و استيفائه لكل الشروط العلمية. بكل بساطة نفرت منه.

[Michael Mouche · Rating 1 out of 5]

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