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课程名称：组织帝国：亚述之道 概述：本课程将带您探索亚述王国，这个三千年前世界上第一个伟大帝国的崛起。从公元前9世纪到公元前7世纪，在亚述的帝国阶段，今日的伊拉克北部是一个从地中海延伸到波斯湾的广阔国家的核心区域，涵盖了如今的伊拉克、叙利亚、黎巴嫩，甚至以色列的一半、东南土耳其的大部分以及西伊朗等地域。 这个国家的地理范围前所未有，中东独特的地理条件，包括沙漠和高山，给沟通和凝聚力带来了挑战。本课程探讨了亚述政府采用了哪些机制来确保在辽阔的地域上保持统一和忠诚，运用传统和创新的策略。有些帝国技术与现代跨国公司的运作有显著的相似之处，而另一些则可能会让您感到非常陌生。 本课程聚焦于亚述人如何组织他们的帝国，分析五个关键方面： · CEO - 国王，作为宗教、政治和军事领袖，由他们的主神阿苏尔指派治理国家； · 总部 - 位于核心区域的皇家宫殿及王法院，构成了国家的行政中心； · 区域经理 - 被赋予地方权力的省长和客户统治者； · 人力资源 - 帝国的人民是其最珍贵的资产，他们是消费者也是主要产品，因为帝国计划的目标是创造“亚述人”；这种方法的影响一直延续至今，仍在中东回响； · 帝国的果实 - 维持这样的帝国需要巨大的努力，那么它的收益是什么？ 在探讨这些主题时，我们将结合普通亚述家庭的生活信息进行背景分析。 参加该课程将使您获得关于世界第一个超级大国的政治、社会、宗教和军事历史的概述，深入了解中东的地理和气候条件，并帮助您理解该地区的机遇与挑战。课程还将展示中东在政治和宗教结构与今天截然不同的时期的图景。 课程大纲： - 引介古代亚述 - 认识CEO：亚述国王 - 访问总部：皇家首都与宫廷 - 区域经理：权力的外包 - 人力资源：商品、消费者与产品 - 帝国的果实：开支与收益
Name:Introducing Ancient Assyria
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Name:Meet the CEO: The Assyrian King
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Name:A Visit to the Head Office: The Royal Capital and Court
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Name:Regional Managers: Outsourcing Power
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Name:Human Resources: Commodities, Consumers, and Product
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Name:The Fruits of Empire: Expenses and Revenue
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Discover the mighty kingdom of Assyria, which came to be the world’s first great empire three thousand years ago. From the 9th to the 7th centuries BC, during the imperial phase of Assyria’s long history, modern day northern Iraq was the central region of a state reaching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, and incorporating what is now Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as half of Israel, and wide parts of south-eastern Turkey, and Western Iran. In its geographical extent, this state was unprecedentedly large, and the distinct geography of the Middle East, with deserts and high mountain ranges, posed challenges to communication and cohesion. What were the mechanisms that kept the Empire running? This course explores the methods the Assyrian government employed to ensure unity and maintain loyalty across vast distances, using traditional as well as innovative strategies. Some of these imperial techniques have marked parallels in the ways modern multi-national corporations are operating, others will strike you as profoundly alien. This course focusses on how the Assyrians organised their empire by analysing key aspects, namely: · The CEO – the king, a religious, political and military leader, who is charged to govern by his master, the god Assur; · Home Office – the royal palace in the central region and the royal court that form the administrative centre of the state; · The Regional Managers – the governors and client-rulers to whom local power is delegated; · Human Resources – the Empire’s people are its most precious assets, its consumers and its key product, as the goal of the imperial project was to create “Assyrians”; an approach with lasting repercussions that still reverberate in the Middle East today; and finally · The Fruits of Empire – it takes a lot of effort, so what are the rewards? When we explore these topics we will contextualise them with information about the lives led by ordinary Assyrian families. Taking this course will provide you with an overview of the political, social, religious, and military history of the world’s first superpower. It will give you insight into the geography and climatic conditions of the Middle East and contribute to your understanding of the opportunities and challenges of that region. It will present you with a vision of the Middle East at a time when its political and religious structures were very different from today.
