Naqia - Queen Mother of Esarhaddon
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2023
- Being the daughter-in-law of Sargon II, wife of Sennacherib, mother of Esarhaddon, and grandmother of Ashurbanipal - Naqia was no ordinary woman. She was perhaps the most influential woman in Assyrian history. Respected and feared by officials throughout the empire. Loved by all kings she lived with.
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Thank you so much for these amazing videos about our great Assyrian history . May God bless our Assyrian Nation
You are ashuri ,not ancient Assyrian
@@emiremir3151 I ‘m proud to be Assyrian 💪🏻
@@emiremir3151lovely there r Assyrians today and how would that be possible if these people didn’t come from them and before them just like any country how r there those people there if they didn’t come from the ones before them even the indigenous in America or how r there still indigenous alive today in my country Australia
That's not entirely accurate. Esarhaddon issued a succession treaty in which he names both Ashurbanipal and Shamash-Shum-Ukin as successors - The former gets Ashur and the latter gets Babylon. This was done in 672, 3 years before he died in 669.
It is true, that his fathers assassination by his 2 elder brothers made him very paranoid (can you blame him?) and he did not trust any men that would normally serve as advisor, and placed great power in the hands of women - a mostly unheard of move at the time.
It was worth mentioning 2 other things about him: 1.he rebuilt Babylon after his father, Sennacherib destroyed it and returned the statue of Marduk to the city (taking the statue of a conquered city's deity was an act of humiliations at the time).
2. He conquered Egypt in 671, a move that made him the king of the largest empire known to man at the time.
That being said, I loved the aesthetics of you video and the narrations.
Thank you for watching! The plan on making Ashurbanipal's brother the king of Babylon is indirectly mentioned in the episode but I didn't have time to talk more about it, nor what eventually happened between them (since the plan failed to work). I'm planning on making an episode about Esarhaddon as well in which I will talk about the things you mention :)
Great video. Please keep making more like this.
Thank you, will do! :)
I love the video but new analysis of Esarhaddon's personal correspondence as well as official court records in his reign have put forward a slightly different image of this great king. Firstly, Naqi'a was never the official queen consort- Sennacherib's official queen consort and first choice of crown prince both died when Esarhaddon was in his childhood/teens. Naqi'a's influence over Sennacherib grew after his much-beloved queen died, but she was never the official queen. However, she was clearly influential enough to help convince Sennacherib to elevate Esarhaddon, who was the youngest of his sons, to become the new heir after his chosen heir was killed by Elamites. That being said there are hints that Arda-Mulissu, the prince who went on to kill Sennacherib and mastermind the plot to usurp Esarhaddon as heir, did something to lose his father's favor. Making Esarhaddon the heir instead of Arda-Mulissu may have been the result of a combination of Naqui'a's influence, Arda-Mulissu's failings, and Esarhaddon's obvious intellect, which made him suitable for the throne.
Esarhaddon became heir when he was in his late teens/early twenties, and his wife and queen, Ashara, was married to him wayyyy before he became king, like by ten years. Esarhaddon loved his wife dearly, as we can see from the tomb, and she gave him at least two of his children- his powerful daughter, Šērūʾa-ēṭirat, and (most likely) Ashurbanipal. Shamash-shum-ukin was older than Ashurbanipal, but he was the son of a lesser wife- NOT Ashara. This is evidenced also in the fact that the succession documents strictly state that Shamash-Shum-Ukin would be the king of Babylon, but still subservient to his brother Ashurbanipal and still a part of the Assyrian empire.
Furthermore, there was no set rule for succession, and kings were permitted to choose whomever they wished among their children, or even a more distant male relative such as a nephew. Claiming that Esarhaddon was a complete pushover to his mother and that he chose Ashurbanipal instead of the "rightful heir" Shamash-shum-ukin is not accurate.
I strongly suspect that Esarhaddon was instead trying to AVOID civil war- by making sure each of the most powerful princes got a piece of the empire, he hoped they would be able to avoid conflict. Plus it helped resolve the Babylonian situation by installing a lesser prince as a proxy ruler there. It is likely that Shamash-shum-Ukin's mother was of Babylonian origin and therefore more likely to be accepted by the Babylonians, so it was really a win-win...as long as the brothers could maintain peace after their father's death. Unfortunately, they did not.
Esarhaddon was a phenomenal king, one of the greatest Assyria ever had. Yes, he was incredibly paranoid, but he made that his strength- he literally had spy networks across the entire empire and consolidated power a lot more on the throne rather than allowing his nobility to run amok. He put down a huge rebellion, conquered Egypt, destroyed the Nubian dynasty, and REBUILT BABYLON from the ashes his father Sennacherib had made out of it. He was cunning, brilliant, and always two steps ahead. Without him, the world today would be an incredibly different place.
Great story!
Thank you
Wow 👏🏼
Salut to Assuria
Nice editing, and interesting story, appreciate the work.
But words and names are pronounced funny sometimes, otherwise I would've shared it.
Firstly, I must state that I have "fallen in love" with Assyrian history, particularly the reign of Sennacherib and the entire epoch of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (912-610 BCE). As for Naqia, while I agree that she played a fundamental role in the ascension of Esarhaddon to the Assyrian throne, according to a literary source, namely the author Nicholas Guild (who wrote two novels - "The Assyrian," and "The Red Star"), Naqia would have been a cunning, malevolent, and manipulative individual, who compiled a network of Eunuchs and officials to fully control many actions of Sennacherib behind the scenes. In fact, it has been suggested that she may have blackmailed the Chief Priest of the god Ashur to nominate her son as her husband's legitimate successor; and, as a result, such religious leader allegedly committed suicide on account of guilt for having wrongly nominated Esarhaddon as the will of Ashur vis-a-vis the future king... Finally, it has also been suggested, that Esarhaddon actually ressented and perhaps even hated his devilish mother...
Thank you for your comment! I'll definitely look into the books written by Nicholas Guild!
I read the same book but you surely are aware of the fact that this is all fiction and the real history of it all is too long ago to be sure of anything ...
@@nancynurzubesuch13 It has always amazed me the human capacity to marshall countless viewpoints vis-a-vis nearly everything; particularly, debatable historical events.
Yet, all (known) past events must be acknowledged, and in your case, eternally questioned.
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dead cseasor antony mark
The name aserhaddon is in reality ASSURhaddon
The name Enlil-kudurrī-uṣur is in realoty Enlil-kudurri-ASSUR
the Enemy of Assyria manipulate the History and Names of glorius Assyrian Kings.
Assyrian Rule/State is in the Stage of Returning...
why does she look like Hillary Clinton
Bastard! lol I had not seen that until your comments