The Role of Religion in the Assyrian and the Greek Worlds (Essay Sample)

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Date: 22th April 2016
Introduction to the role of religion in Assyrian and Greek worlds
Religion has played a bigger role in Assyrian and the Greek world both which have been positive and also negative. The Assyrians are people who are indigenous to Mesopotamia, and most of them were Christians. The growth of the Christian religion had positive impacts as it helped to preach the gospel to people and also teachings on ethics. The Assyrians follow various Christian churches such as the Eastern churches. It is a clear indication that most of the Assyrians people were Christians. However, due to the growth of Christianity some negative influences were also identified(BetBasoo).
As the Christian religion of Assyrians saw its way through, other religions such as the Islamic faith were against the Christian religion thus causing various conflicts in the religion which also had influences on the political side of the nation. The domination and the challenges they faced were from foreigners who were against the Assyrians. Earlier times, the Assyrians had some form of religious freedom but after the invasion of the Arab and the Islamic religion, their freedom was undermined, and it was the root of many problems encountered afterward(BetBasoo).
Throughout the life of the Assyrians, they have practiced two religions of Christianity and Ashurism, which was their earliest religion. Assyrians were the first nation to accept Christianity. The origin of theAssyrians religion is of the archeological material on the middle periods.The religion of the Assyrians was about the Babylonian and Assyrian religion(BetBasoo).
Mesopotamia religion which involved Assyrian religion included some beliefs of early civilization. The religion had significant influence to the Assyrians and also to their culture("Mesopotamian Religion - New World Encyclopedia").
Religion played a role in genocide to Assyrian
Assyrian are the minority in the middle east regarding religion. Due to being Christian, most of the Assyrians were prosecute and also some riots would emerge because of being Christians.
History of the Assyrian Religion and Greek Worlds
Because Assyrians are Semitic people, their roots can be traced in ancient Mesopotamia. The ancient traditionally used to believe in the gods although they later converted to Christianity. Due to their minority in the religion, this made them suffer great massacres and persecutions. The majority people were Islam, especially in the Ottoman Empire. There was no say for the Christian religion as the Islam undermined it, and the Islamic laws were the ones to be followed. Assyrians used to assume needed a home where they could communicate with the humans. It led to the creation of temples and cults to serve as the gods places to stay. The gods were serving as problem solvers for the problems that the Assyrians were facing and also serving as a source of help to the Assyrians and the Babylonians.
Some of The Effects of Being in The Minority
Paying for special taxes. The Christians and the Jews paid special taxes to the ruling Islamic religion, and this also caused disregards to them. The reason for this undermining was because the Islams were the majority(Mark et al.).
Limitation of carrying weapons. Carrying out weapons was also limited to the minority group especially of the Christians. The minority religion would bring identity marks. As a way of discrimination and undermining the religion, the minority would have markers for their identification(Mark et al.).
Limitation of speaking the native language. The minority were limited and prevented from speaking their language.Christians were forced to be Muslims by most of their rulers as they belonged most to the Islamic religion. Failure to adhere with the conversion, they would be persecuted or even be slaughtered to death. There was a link between the Assyrian religion to activities that would call on for peace. It shows that these actions considered the value of a human being(Mark et al.).
Influence of The Assyrian Religion on Music
The Assyrian religion affected the music industry. Many of the Assyrian bands were named after Mesopotamia gods and also figures. It shows how their religion had a significant effect on various components of the culture.Till now most of the Assyrians use the names of their dogs either as the first names or the last names(Mark et al.).
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