Tiglath-Pileser: A Tragic Hero

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Not everyone is the same, there could be nice people or bad people in this world. Going back in time, we can see that during the year’s things change, people change, attitudes change, and rules change. And went it comes to being a king, everything changes. Just like King Tiglath-pileser I had its own way compare to Cyrus and Darius I how to rule the world.
Tiglath-Pileser I was known as the powerful king who ruled every king around the world. With the help of Ashur his lord, Tiglath-pileser I continue defeating other warriors. “I cut off their heads and piled them up at the walls of their cities like heaps of grain” (Perry 17). Tiglath-pileser I was more of an aggressive guy compare to Cyrus and Darius I. According to the Inscriptions of Cyrus and Darius I, “my numerous troops
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"five kings... with an army of twenty thousand men...-and whose power no king had ever broken and overcome in battle..." (Perry 17). Tiglath-pileser I tried to gain support by showing his strength when defeating five unbeaten kings. Compare to Cyrus, Cyrus paid attention to the needs of the citizens and showed his care for them by ending most of their complaints by bringing "relief to their dilapidated housing" (Perry 18). Darius I tried to unite all races of people by having them come together and build a palace with materials from their towns.
Tiglath-pileser I, Cyrus and Darius I had some similar techniques to win political support. "he made me king; he to me this kingdom granted. .." (Perry 19) Like king Darius I, the other rulers stated that the gods had chosen them to rule their empire. By conquering their enemies, these rulers claimed that the gods had wanted them to expand their empire's boundary. When defeating rival kingdoms, each king would show compassion by allowing those who surrendered to be a part of their empire, adding to their people in

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