Would did ancient Middle Easterners do with War captives?
1 Answer
Sorry it is not clear what civilization the question is referring to please clarify.
Explanation:
A. The Assyrian civilization was extremely intolerant. It destroyed rival civilizations. The Assyrians would forcibly remove the entire population of a conquered people and move them to another region the goal was to destroy the culture of the conquered people and force them to become Assyrian.
B. The Babylonians took the best, brightest, and potential leaders of the conquered people and educated them. The goal was that these members of the conquered people would become Babylonian in their world view hence converted the conquered people as a whole.
C. The Persians were the most tolerant. The Persian Empire was a collection of cultures. The people were allowed to continue in their own local traditions as long as they submitted to the authority of Persian rule.
D. The Phoenician was a trading empire. They set up colonies where they traded. These colonies became bastions of Phoenician culture. The Phoenicians did not intermingle with the local populations. the local populations often adopted the Phoenician culture.
