Tukulti-Ninurta Epic You build whole new castle/fortified palaces to build whole new culture Tukulti-Ninurta killed because

e it was too much work for the people The Assyrians plunder Babylonia to get treasures o Stole lots of texts (school texts) (194)

Has to do with Syria and Babylonia: more ancient part They want to be Babylonias. They want to be participants. Cassites tried to be Babylonians, copied the texts, the Gilgamesh epic, comes from Cassites copies o They were good stewarts of Mesopotamia

A Letter to Ashurbanipal Oracles are women o Women can say things about kings the women belittle Ishtar

After plundering Ninurtas land, the Assyrians decided to maintain Babylonia, its customs, its Gods, its tradition. However, it would only differ through the king. The king would be an Assyrian, and pyramids would most likely be made for the Assyrian kings. Feasts were served to the newly placed king; however, putting more stress on the already tired peasants, they would overthrow the king because of his inexperiences. Babylonia would fall in its reign due to its internal conflicts between the new king and the peasants serving the king. In a matter of time, the city would soon perish. The Cassites, taking the Babylonians place, would then retain the Babylonian tradition. With time, the Babylonian tradition would differ in time.