Assyrian treaty tablet found - from 700 BC

[Jacob]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100408134519.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)&utm_content=Google+International

"The tablet is quite spectacular. It records a treaty -- or covenant -- between Esarhaddon, King of the Assyrian Empire and a secondary ruler who acknowledged Assyrian power. The treaty was confirmed in 672 BCE at elaborate ceremonies held in the Assyrian royal city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). In the text, the ruler vows to recognize the authority of Esarhaddon's successor, his son Ashurbanipal," said Timothy Harrison, professor of near eastern archaeology in the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations and director of University of Toronto's Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP).

[Drakken]

Wow, powerful given that this heir, Ashurbanipal, who was a mere 13 year old boy at the time of this treaty, would grow to become the last great King of Assyria.

At his death, the power struggle for his succession will indirectly lead to Niveveh falling down like 1945's Berlin a thousand times worse, exactly sixty years after that tablet's date.

[The Brain]

The Mayans were right?

[alfred russel]

Interesting--thanks for posting.

[jimmy olsen]

Very cool.

[Siege]

Who cares.