Aramaic language

The New Assyrian and Persian empires were two of the earliest major empires in the world. First came the Assyrians which ruled from 900-600BC, and the Persians began their rule around 550BC. Even with these two empires becoming major establishments in what is known today as the middle east, they are quite different from each other when it comes to many ideologies. Such differences could include: warfare, religion, social hierarchy, and many other things that shape the way we reflect on two of our earliest, and most powerful empires known to man. When it came to the Assyrian empire, one thing that immediately stands out is their brute force and utter determination to dominate the land and people around them. With a very advanced and large military, warfare with others was constant, and very harsh. With this strength, and willingness to do whatever was necessary to obtain new land, the empire was able to conquer land from the Persian Gulf, all the way to the Mediterranean Sea and even in some parts of Egypt. (Page 130 Map 4.2) Once dominated, the new subjects of the Assyrian empire were forced to abide by the king for he had almighty power. Their lives now consisted of mainly agricultural work, and harsh treatment if they were unwilling to abide by the empire’s rule. Women of Assyria had very little say in their lives. Eventually, the practice of veiling, which was required of all respectable women, started in the thirteenth century. Prostitutes on the other hand we not…

Beginning around 1200 BCE new bigger states built on the achievements of earlier societies. Around this time Afro-Eurasia became overwhelmed with drought which caused people to migrate from older communities to the new and recent empires such as the Neo-Assyrian, Persian, and the Zhou. Technological changes allowed communities to structure themselves, especially the communities devastated by the drought. Pack Camels, seaworthy vessels and iron tools for cultivation facilitated the rise of these…

historic rituals and the Chaldean and Aramaic language for mass and other ceremonies. Searching for an appropriate name to call this new Catholic rite, the Pope focused on their historic homeland, which in ancient times had been the land of the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans. It was also the historic homeland of the prophet Abraham, who came from Ur, a city of the Chaldeans. Hence, the Pope chose "Chaldean" as the name for the new Catholic rite (Sengstock, 2015). Over 95 percent of…

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis When initially reading about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, I actually felt somewhat overwhelmed with interesting information. From prior knowledge of language and culture relations, I fully recognized that it has simply always been understood that the culture of each human being influences his or her own language. I have studied this in several different classes and areas of the curriculum; however, I had honestly never thought about how language had absolutely anything to…

In America, talk of language is common and often tense. Opinions about who should speak what language when are everywhere from social media to the confines of my own family. The loudest voice seems to be the one that yells, “If you live in American you should speak American”. Our current political atmosphere is stoking that attitude because the strong opinion of current leading presidential candidates aligns with that sentiment. I feel there is a need to have an official language to maintain…

In the Christians case, they did not have any Holy Books for themselves to read and follow so when the Septuagint was released into Public life they took upon this book as their Bible “LXX,…was simply adopted by the Christians as the Church’s Bible”(Bickerman 11). Due to the fact that there was no abundance of Books that the Laity could live by, the Septuagint was the only option. For the Tzaddik’s though, the Septuagint did not nearly influence them as much as it did the Christians. The…

Giselle Rivas Professor Hagstrom Ling 250 May 6, 2015 Arabic Introduction The Arab world has many diverse influences in its, linguistic, ethnic, and religious groups. Due to war and exile, many Arabs migrated to America where millions of people created a community to advance with many opportunities. A heritage language interview was conducted to learn how Arabs continue to use their language, culture or religion in California. Origin of the Language The word “Arab” means “nomad,” a person who…

The Power of Language in Shakespeare 's Othello In Othello, the contamination of linguistic matter (whether through verbal or human associations, through deliberate perversion, or by senseless mouthing of meaninglessness) ultimately destroys the ordered control of normal behaviour patterns, personal or social (Shaw 306). In one of the finest play written by William Shakespeare, language is not only the medium that conveys the drama but also the action. For example, talking about an event will…

Communication between International and American students. Nowadays society is very split, especially in big countries such as America. This diversity based on people’s culture, language, religion, ethnic group or race. Colossal number of different cultures represented in the United States. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles are the cities with the biggest population in America and also cities with the biggest cultural diversity. People from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America live there.…

own dialect. Now after reading about how we form our own dialects by hearing it from the community, family, and friends. When I speak the Navajo language, I am pronouncing words differently. It is due not being a Navajo fluent speaker. So when I hear other people pronounce certain words I automatically think that’s the correct pronunciation. One time I heard the word Thank You from a friend and pronounced the word without the hyphens. It just pronounced it using the English sounds which was not…