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In the 9th century BC, Assyrians controlled a region that extended from the border of Egypt to the Persian Gulf. The Assyrians identified themselves through warfare and a divine belief in their duty to enforce their gods on the territories they had vanquished. The first people to use iron weapons, they were masterful strategists who mastered using horse drawn chariots in battle.
Their army was well-trained and relentless, so many foes simply surrendered to the Assyrians without a struggle. The opponents who resisted faced an advanced military force with battering rams, charioteers and rolling siege towers that were a huge tactical advantage.
Not surprisingly, the ancient art of Mesopotamia suggests that hunting had an important symbolic value for the culture. This was certainly true of Assyria where many of the works of Assyrian art depict the Royal Hunt. The Royal Hunt was an important ritual that established the Kings domain over brute nature, and demonstrated his courage. By participating in the Royal Hunt, the King added to his own prestige and a heroic reputation. There is certainly exaggeration in the depiction of these activities, but the reliefs suggest that the kings were generally worthy rulers.
Ancient Assyrian art also offered a glimpse into the ceremonial aspect of the Royal Hunt. In many of the reliefs discovered by archaeologists, the king is shown offering up animals as a sacrifice to the sun God Nergal. Known as the god of war, this Mesopotamian deity also ruled the underworld.
Of all the animals hunted by the king and his royal party, the lion presented the greatest challenge and prestige. From his chariot, the king would bring down the lion with either or bow or spear. When the lion was injured and down, the king would dismount the chariot and finish the lion off with his blade. It's unclear just how much assistance he might have had in dispatching his prey, given glorification of the king in this art.
In a relief currently on display in the British Museum, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal is depicted riding on horseback, bow raised. He is hunting wild donkeys which at the time were considered a nuisance. It was thought to be a very noble and worthy activity for the king to hunt the herd of wild asses and thin the population. The last great king of Assyria was Ashurbanipal. He was king at the zenith of Assyrian dominance but the empire crumpled shortly after his death.
The Assyrian wall reliefs we see today in museums suggest that hunting lions was wildly popular and the lion population was severely impacted. Lions were imported in from other regions and release for the purpose of hunting. This conclusion can be drawn from some Assyrian wall reliefs that show a lion being released from the cage.
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40 Inch Red Japanese Katana Sword w Dragon Tsuba and Scabbard Review
This 40 Inch Red Japanese Katana Sword w Dragon Tsuba and Scabbard is a great addition to your sword collection or can be a wonderful choice as your first sword. This is a weapon stepped in hundreds of years of Japanese warrior history. The katana sword history is virtually paralleled with the history of the Samurai, the warrior class, which followed a strict code directing their lives called "Bushido."
The Way of the Warrior
This code - Bushido - is loosely similar to the Code of Chivalry espoused by European Medieval knights at around the same time in history. Its philosophy stressed the importance of living a life of loyalty, frugality while mastering martial arts and living honourably until dying. Samurai life was typified through embracing this philosophy as well as personified through swordsmanship in which the katana played a significant role.
Tied to the Individual Spirit
An ancestor of this 40 Inch Red Japanese Katana Sword w Dragon Tsuba and Scabbard was believed to be spiritually tied to its individual owner. The special katana would be specifically individually created for a Samurai warrior that would become a family heirloom along with accompanying weapons of a wakizashi (short sword) and a tanto (dagger).
This sword emerged from the 16th century as the preferred weapon of the Samurai warrior class. It is usually accompanied by a shoto, or short sword like a wakizashi or a dagger, known as a tanto. Paired together, the two are known as daisho, worn proudly by a Samurai warrior representing honor, social standing as well as being the very soul of the wearer.
The daisho (long and short swords) include the slashing and cutting katana along with the close-quarter stabbing wakizashi or tanto which were also employed in ritual suicide or seppuku. The katana was worn by the warrior with the cutting edge face up. The actual maneuver for drawing and cutting either the katana became an art form known as iado whose practitioners take several years to master the move.
Distinctive Appearance
The katana is a slender, curved, single-edged blade possessing a circular or squared hand guard known as a tsuba. It has a long grip handle that allows for two-hand wielding. The tsuba is a focal point for decorating the sword and the 40 Inch Red Japanese Katana Sword w Dragon Tsuba and Scabbard bears a tsuba of dragon-theme design.
Many traditional tsuba were created using unique designs specifically made for the sword owner. These designs might reflect the owner's family history or be ornately designed as a significant indication of the owner's power and social status.
Although original tsubas were created out of function as hand guards, there was a period of time from about 1600 through the mid to late 1800s when relative peace in the empire led to more manufacture of ceremonial katanas where softer metals such as gold were introduced in tsuba design and creation. The product described here also has a red colored 10.5 inch handle of imitation fish skin possessing an overall 28 inch long blade.
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does any1 know the name of a really cool samurai warrior it could be real or Japanese legend?
Miyamoto Mushashi.
He was a Japanese swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style. Musashi, as he is often simply known, became legendary through his excellent swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He is the founder of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū or Niten-ryū style of swordsmanship and the author of The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin No Sho?), a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy that is still studied today.
Akai's third homecoming
Agencies New Delhi, July 22: The original price warrior returns with 'mass premium' products. Remember Akai, the Japanese consumer electronics giant that turned the Indian TV market upside down in the nineties by playing the pricing game?
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