Author name:
حيدر رشيد طه
Supervisor name:
فاضل كاظم حنون
University location:
Wasit
Abstract:
Religious thought is the basis for most of the systems that existed in ancient Iraq, such as the political system, the military regime, and even the economic and social systems. These systems had secretions and results, especially the military regime characterized by the history of ancient Iraq throughout its periods and the diversity of countries that ruled it.Those secretions that resulted from the military are the victories achieved by the kings of Iraq and what followed the victories of the rituals and practices of the practice of the kings of Mesopotamia, which were different goals and motives and motives, including religious, political, media or psychological motivation, This study is intended to shed light on the most important rituals, practices and motives that the ancient kings of Iraq have established.Research problem : The research attempts to shed light on the most important rituals and practices that are usually associated with the military campaigns waged by the kings of ancient Iraq during their ruling. These rituals and practices were motivated by various reasons, religious, psychological, political or even for media purpose.Reasons for choosing a topic : There are several reasons why we have chosen this topic particularly, these reasons are : 1 - There is no comprehensive study similar to this one and this subject itself.2 - Exploring the most important rituals and practices that resulted from the military campaigns in ancient Iraq and then exploring the most important motives behind them.3 - the comprehensiveness of the topic in terms of covering the historical period ) 3333 - 535 B.C. )4 - To enrich the Arabic libraries with such studies, especially if we know that they take the analytical aspect into consideration by knowing the motives of the rituals and practices of the victorious king in ancient of Iraq.Search Hypothesis : This study came to answer as much as possible the questions that may occur in the mind of the reader and follower of the history of ancient Iraq, including.1 - What are the rituals and practices of Iraq's ancient kings in the event of a military campaign against any of the countries of the ancient Near East?2 - If there are rituals and practices before the military campaign and the second and then or was it specialized in time without another?3 - What are the implications of doing such rituals and practices?4 - Were these rituals and practices varied or at one pace?What motivates them to perform such rituals and practices? 56 - Is the principle of continuity and repetition that characterized the ancient civilization of Iraq also included those rituals and practices through successive descendants?Research Methodology : This study was not limited to one methodology only, but included several scientific approaches adopted by the researcher in his study : 1 - descriptive approach : review of some military campaigns in the history of ancient Iraq, as well as the statement of the connection of some rituals and practices military campaigns and it was a requirement of victory or as a result.2 - Analytical Approach : This study required to stand on some texts that were specific to the military campaigns and then analyze their contents and analyze the motives that called upon the victorious kings to perform these rituals and practices.The nature of the research has to be divided into four chapters as well as the introduction and the preface. It also included the most important conclusions that emerged from this study. In the introduction, we discussed the origin of the word weather and ritual in the language dictionaries, whether the old languages ??or the Arabic language and the English language. The most important uses of this word.The First Chapter : dealt with the most important rituals and practices of the Iraqi kings who achieved victories in the third millennium BC, whether among the states of the cities that were in control of that period or between the city and other outside the geographical area of ??ancient Iraq, divided into two sections : The era of the dawn of the dynasties until the establishment of the Akkadian state The second topic has been related to those rituals and practices since the emergence of the Akkadian state until the fall of the Third Ur dynasty.The Second chapter deals with the rituals and practices of the victorious king during the second millennium BC. It came in the form of two sections. The first : rituals and practices in the old Babylonian period (2334 - 1555). 1555 BC until the establishment of the modern Assyrian state in. 511 B.C.The third chapter, which is the most important chapters of the thesis, deals with the rituals and practices of the victorious since the establishment of the Assyrian state in 511 BC until the creation of the dynasty Sergonia in 121 BC. The second section, in which he presented the rituals and practices of the victorious king since the establishment of the Sergonic dynasty 121 BC until the end of the modern Babylonian era. 535 B.C.The fourth chapter discussing the most important motives that led the ancient kings of Iraq to do such rituals and practices, and it came in the first two parts : It shows the religious and political motives for the rituals and practices of the victorious king. The second topic is devoted to talking about the media and psychological motives of the rituals and practices of the victorious king. In this chapter there is some overlapping in the information and citations of motives. The reason is that the rituals and practices cited in more than one place, for example, the art and media motives can be at the same time the psychological motivations. To encourage the fighters to enter the battles and then to win them and so on in the other motives.The research was based on several Arab and foreign sources that were the basis for the collection of information.The first is the book of Taha Baqer (Introduction to the History of Ancient Civilizations). This book has a great impact on enriching the research in terms of accuracy and availability of the book.Among the other Arabic books is the book Nael Hanoun (Historical and Literary Cuneiform Texts), which is an important source of cuneiform texts, especially since the author of the book relied on the translation of texts from ancient Sumerian and Akkadian languages ??into Arabic directly. This method of translation helps not to lose Information from cuneiform texts.As for the foreign books translated into Arabic, the first of these books is the book of Samuel Noah Kramer (Sumerians history, civilization and characteristics), since the substantive analysis relied on by the author of the book and its dependence on the main cuneiform texts gave the book importance, making it an important resource for the research.Among the other books is Antoine Mortakat's Ancient History of the Near East, which had an important impact on the history of the Near East and the nature of its relationship with Iraq in its ancient history, as well as the book Antoine Mortakat (Art in Ancient Iraq) (Sumer art and culture) and (Ashur world of forms major civilizations), which was one of the specialized books in the field of ancient Iraqi art, which enriched the research in terms of information and pictures and supplements on which the researcher relied, as well as a collection of books by Harry Saks And the power of Assyria and Babylonians It is considered one of the most objective works in presenting ideas and opinions pertaining to the history of ancient Iraq.As for the foreign books, the research reported a number of the book A.Kirk Grayson (The Royal Inscriptions ofMesopotamia) in all parts, which carries a shortcut RIMA. Which was an important source of the texts of the kings and their properties that were written through the history of ancient Iraq, as well as the book D. D. Luckenbill, Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylon (ARAB)), which also contributed to the research of the royal texts of the kings of ancient Iraq.And I do not deny that I faced some difficulties because the recruitment of the results of the military campaigns as rituals and practices and the difference between them needed to have some of the thinking and accuracy in dealing with those results as well as the analysis of the motives behind the rituals and practices also needed to be accurate in the examination, especially if we know Overlapping by quoting them
