چكيده لاتين
Due to its unique geographical and climatic location, ancient Mesopotamia has witnessed the constant rise and fall of great empires throughout history. The Assyrian Empire was one of the most magnificent and enduring of these empires, transforming from a subordinate city-state into a large and powerful empire that lasted for about 1,350 years. Despite their ruthlessness and cruelty, the Assyrian kings left behind a civilization that is known for its unique architecture, magnificent palaces, wall reliefs, lamasery, glazed bricks, carved ivories, and seals in the form of Assyrian art. Since the gigantic stone statues of winged bulls with human heads and the stone slabs of Assyrian palace walls that Henry Layard found in Assyrian sites first reached Europe, the word Assyrian art has become synonymous with statues, and especially reliefs.
Although Assyrian art was influenced by the art of previous civilizations such as Egypt, Sumer, Babylon, Akkad, Hittites and Mitanni, it in turn influenced the art of civilizations of its time such as Urartu, Manna, as well as the art of civilizations after it, such as Neo-Babylon and the Achaemenid civilization. Undoubtedly, art has been one of the components of evaluating the excellence and progress of any civilization and a means of transmitting its culture to other civilizations. It seems logical that the influence and impact of ancient civilizations should be studied, examined and scrutinized more than the mythological, ritual, religious, artistic and architectural aspects.
This research aims to analyze and explain the influence of the art and architecture of the Assyrian civilization on the art of the Mannaean and Achaemenid civilizations and, implicitly, on the Urartian civilization, as well as the influence of this civilization on the Mannaean and Achaemenid civilizations, and to examine the aspects of the influence of the aforementioned civilizations on the Assyrian civilization in the fields of architecture, statues, reliefs, glazed bricks, pottery, and metal works. The research method in this thesis was based on library studies and the use of archaeological evidence.
