Bonjour,

les 8 premières figurines peintes ce matin, de cette très belle référence de troupes de siège.

Bonjour,

et voilà les 2 dernières figurines.

Very Nice job Stéphane ..!!

What surprised me about the Assyrians is that they already had an excellent army in the Bronze Age (the Middle Assyrian Empire) !

A period less known than that this of the Sargonids for example.

Thus during this périod contemporary to the New Egyptian Kingdom, they had defeated the Great military power of the Hatti at several times !

Under the reigns of Salmanazar 1, who crushed an army of Hittites and Hurrians (heavy losses), and Under the King Tukulti-ninurta 1, at the battle of Nihiriya in 1265, so 9 years after the battle of Qadesh.

Suffocated by the Aramaean invasions for several decades, they knew how to come back stronger, by creating gradually this prodigious army, made up in particular of these very specialized units, including the engineers.

Excellent traders - especially during the Paleo-Assyrian période, great warriors, resilient and conquerors, cultured and literate- see the great library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal,.. we should speak of the "genius" of the Assyrians as we spoke of the Greek genius or the Greeks "miracle".

But it must be said that for a long time, the history of these people of Mesopotamia - very Ancient or more recent - so this history was hidden and distorted by the Old Testament , which is largely on the historical level, only a Legend, a fable and an imposture.
The "history" of very very.. small tribes of one little part of the vast Near East...

Bonjour Pablo,

merci beaucoup, j'espère que le tout te plaira.

En ce qui concerne la grande civilisation assyrienne, j'ai lu que, longtemps, à tort, elle était considéré comme ultra violente et inculte. Ce que les dernières fouilles du 19ème siècle ont complétement démenti. Ce serait eux qui les premiers, érigèrent une grande bibliothèque, mais également le jardins botaniques entres autres. C'était donc, une formidable civilisation, qui n'a pas eu la même exposition que celles des grecs ou des romains.

Oui effectivement.
Après "cruels", ils l'étaient assurément.
Ce qui est intéressant avec "ces" Assyriens, c'est que leur armée est à l'origine - aux débuts du Nouvel Empire - constituée en majorité de "soldats paysans".
Les classes aristocratiques assyriennes ayant pris le risque de faire appel aux masses paysannes pour défendre le territoire assyrien, assiégé par les Araméens (le triangle assyrien).
Un côté "soldat-citoyen", comme dans la Grèce antique.
Ou "soldat - révolutionnaire" comme en France avec la République de 1792 (bataille de Valmy, etc..)??
Ce qui explique aussi que l'armée assyrienne ait été si nombreuse (pas autant cependant que l'armée romaine).
Après, au fur et à mesure des conquêtes, de plus en plus de troupes "auxiliaires" : contingents de peuples vassaux, alliés, unités spécialisées, etc...
Mais ce qui est vraiment intéressant, c'est que l'impérialisme assyrien semble obéir aux mêmes lois historiques que l'empire romain.
D'abord assiégés et sur la défensive (Hannibal devant Rome), les Romains vont résister, puis enclencher une dynamique de victoires et de conquêtes jusqu'à constituer un immense Empire.
Idem pour les Assyriens.

Yes indeed.
After "cruel," they certainly were.
What's interesting about "these" Assyrians is that their army was originally—at the beginning of the New Kingdom—made up mostly of "peasant soldiers."
The Assyrian aristocratic classes took the risk of calling on the peasant masses to defend Assyrian territory, besieged by the Arameans (the Assyrian triangle).
A "citizen-soldier" aspect, as in ancient Greece.
Or "revolutionary-soldier" as in France with the Republic of 1792 (Battle of Valmy, etc.)?
This also explains why the Assyrian army was so large (though not as large as the Roman army). Later, as the conquests progressed, more and more "auxiliary" troops appeared: contingents of vassal peoples, allies, specialized units, etc.
But what's really interesting is that Assyrian imperialism seems to obey the same historical laws as the Roman Empire.
At first besieged and on the defensive (Hannibal before Rome), the Romans resisted, then embarked on a dynamic of victories and conquests until they formed a vast empire.
The same goes for the Assyrians.