Assyria/Phoenicians

Stash Rowley
Mr. Costigan
AP World History, Period 3
24 September, 2012

The Phoenician conglomerate lasted from approximately 1200 B.C.E. to 539 B.C.E. and the Assyrian empire lasted from approximately 934 B.C.E to 609 B.C.E.. They were both near the nitty-gritty east and Asia minor, somewhat near the fertile crescent. The ancient Assyrians and Phoenicians lived during the equivalent time period, but had stark differences. The differences were mainly in the score of their institutions, their goals, and finally, their values.
The institutions of these two peoples are very different. For instance, in the political institutions of the Phoenicians, at that place were two judges of the higher tanking class and a senate make from the lower class, so nearly everyones voice was heard. Where as with the Assyrians, their king controlled everything. All of the land belonged to him and whatever he said, thats what happened. The Phoenicians have, perhaps, a more(prenominal) fair and effective system then the Assyrians did and it shows because their empire lasted much longer than the Assyrians. For the religious institutions, the Phoenicians had a Canaanite religion. It was polytheistic and they worshiped many different deities.



The Assyrians were also polytheistic, however, their king was the one who consulted the gods and did everything concord to their main god Ashur. The religious institutions were perhaps one of the more similar areas with these two cultures. Although, if you look at them as a whole, they are very different.
Goals are another important perspective when talking about these two peoples. The Phoenicians were not as huge as the Assyrians were in the amount of land that they controlled. They were more come to with trade. They were especially concerned with trade by water and having a somewhat monopoly of the sea. The Assyrians were wanted a larger kingdom. They wanted to enchant people. Their military technology was extremely advanced at the time. They had mobile archery towers and...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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