My point is that true Assyrian culture was wiped out by the Babylonians, so what you had then was a mix of Babylonian culture and Assyrian culture. Then the Persians came along and wiped out the Babylonians. The only people who kept their true identity during this time was the Hebrews. People who claim to be direct decendants of the Assyrians are really interbred between many different cultures. There is no true Assyrian culture present today, no matter how many people want to believe it.
My point is that true Assyrian culture was wiped out by the Babylonians, so what you had then was a mix of Babylonian culture and Assyrian culture. Then the Persians came along and wiped out the Babylonians. The only people who kept their true identity during this time was the Hebrews. People who claim to be direct decendants of the Assyrians are really interbred between many different cultures. There is no true Assyrian culture present today, no matter how many people want to believe it.
I've never heard of any food, sans fast food, referred to as American food. America is a mix of many cultures, each bringing their own food, so I don't see how we can have a distinct food.
But much of the culture (ie recipes, songs, art, music, etc...) is past through the generations and kept pure. I doubt there are many cultures today that are "pure" like you describe them.
Ok, obviously you still don't understand. I guess I'm assuming to much. The Babylonian civilization that rebirthed and destroyed the Assyrian nation did not want other civilization cultures mixing with their own, so they did the best they could to wipe out all traces. In addition, civilizations of Mesopotamia in the era when Assyria was destroyed did not have time in their militaristic/agricultural lives to create distinct foods. Civilizations formed because of a need to survive, that's why Mesopotamia was the first area to house civilization. The Mesopotamian civilization had to worry about survival more than anything. I don't want this to turn into my Euro Civ I class, as I don't feel like teaching again today, but you are allowed to believe what you will.
you might want to add this to your "class": there's no such thing as the "Mesopotamian civilization". Mesopotamia was the name given by the Greeks to the area the Sumerians, Akkad, Babylonians, and Assyrians inhabited.
edit: oh and mesopotamia is in asia, not europe btw.
I understand what you are saying, but I do not agree with it. Just because a culture is influenced by other cultures (ie Assyrians influenced by persians, babylonians, and armenians) does not mean it is no longer a culture.
Cute. I'm giving a reference to the area that everyone would understand. The civilizations that formed in that area are commonly known as the civilizations of Mesopotamia, which happens to be what I said. Oh, and smartass, we cover Mesopotamia in the Euro Civ I class, you want to dispute that take it up the Dean of Academics at Tennessee Tech. Please, teach me some more history.
Originally posted by: dtyn
Cute. I'm giving a reference to the area that everyone would understand. The civilizations that formed in that area are commonly known as the civilizations of Mesopotamia, which happens to be what I said. Oh, and smartass, we cover Mesopotamia in the Euro Civ I class, you want to dispute that take it up the Dean of Academics at Tennessee Tech. Please, teach me some more history.
ooooooh Tennessee Tech! the Harvard of the South!
Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: dtyn
Cute. I'm giving a reference to the area that everyone would understand. The civilizations that formed in that area are commonly known as the civilizations of Mesopotamia, which happens to be what I said. Oh, and smartass, we cover Mesopotamia in the Euro Civ I class, you want to dispute that take it up the Dean of Academics at Tennessee Tech. Please, teach me some more history.
ooooooh Tennessee Tech! the Harvard of the South!
Oh yes. You have nothing of value to say, so you must insult where I'm currently enrolled/TAing. That really moves the discussion forward.
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Originally posted by: Hammer
Originally posted by: dtyn
Cute. I'm giving a reference to the area that everyone would understand. The civilizations that formed in that area are commonly known as the civilizations of Mesopotamia, which happens to be what I said. Oh, and smartass, we cover Mesopotamia in the Euro Civ I class, you want to dispute that take it up the Dean of Academics at Tennessee Tech. Please, teach me some more history.
ooooooh Tennessee Tech! the Harvard of the South!
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