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Shell with King Rimush’s name written on it. Akkadian, 2270 BCE.

Conflictos armados en la antigua Mesopotamia: El desarrollo temprano del combate armado

En la antigua Mesopotamia, los conflictos armados empezaron siendo entre compañías de las milicias locales de Sumeria para luego llegar a establecerse los ejércitos permanentes y profesionales de Acadia, Babilonia, Asiria y Persia, y entonces pasaron de combates por el control de aguas y de tierras a las guerras por conquista y por supremacía política. Desarrollaron armas, regímenes de entrenamiento y tácticas que colocarían a los ejércitos mesopotámicos entre los más efectivos del mundo antiguo.

Mesopotamian Warfare: Early Development of Armed Conflict

The first war in recorded history was between Sumer and Elam circa 2700 BCE, though there were no doubt military conflicts left unrecorded before that date. The war was not between two kings but between their gods. Humans were thought to have been created to serve the gods and kings to be those gods' representatives. Accordingly, warfare was justified as the will of the gods to maintain the established order. The claim that a god is on one's side in a military campaign has been made by many leaders over the centuries and continues, in one form or another, into the present day. Each time, the claim is presented as self-evidently true and completely novel when, actually, it is only a repetition of a justification for violence and bloodshed going back over 4,000 years.

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La maldición de Agadé: la batalla de Naram-Sin con los dioses: La batalla ficticia de Naram-Sin con los dioses

La maldición de Agadé es una historia fechada en el periodo III de Ur de Mesopotamia (en torno a 2112-2004 a.C.), aunque se cree que su origen es algo más antiguo. Cuenta la historia del rey acadio Naram-Sin (que reinó de 2254-2218 a.C.) y su enfrentamiento con los dioses, especialmente con el dios Enlil.

Hymn to Inanna: An Ancient Praise Poem

The Hymn to Inanna (also known as The Great-Hearted Mistress) is a passionate devotional work by the poet and high priestess Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE), the first author in the world known by name. Enheduanna's hymns were quite popular, as evidenced by the number of copies made and preserved, and influenced the form, content, and voice of later sacred works, including the Psalms and Song of Songs from the Bible. Her influence continues in the modern era in the creation of works of personal devotion addressed passionately to a higher power.

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Légende de Sargon d'Akkad: Source d'inspiration pour l'histoire de Moïse

La Légende de Sargon d'Akkad (c. 2300 av. J.-C.) est un ouvrage akkadien de Mésopotamie considéré comme l'autobiographie de Sargon d'Akkad (Sargon le Grand, r. de 2334 à 2279 av. J.-C.), fondateur de l'empire akkadien. La copie la plus ancienne date du VIIe siècle avant notre ère et fut trouvée dans les ruines de la bibliothèque d'Assurbanipal au XIXe siècle.