When time changes thing also change. Things like culture. Language. And ruler. Each of them also has its own history. In this essay we will be covering about Kassite dynasty and Iron Age.
First we’ll start with culture. In each period of time, sometimes the culture changes due to ruler or change in each one’s belief. Kassite dynasty is a period where the culture is mostly use of steles. Their artifacts are mostly made of steles to make a boundaries or proclamations. All of their artifacts are carved by a high skill artistic. For Iron Age, there’s really no culture because Iron Age is a period of time where people mostly use iron.
Second is Language. There’s no specific language for Kassite. They only have about 60 words, mostly referring to colors, parts of the chariot, irrigation terms, plants, and titles. About 200 elements can be gained by observing things like anthroponomy, toponyms, theonyms, and horse names used by the Kassite. This means that Kassite spoke a language without a genetic relationship with the others. Iron Age has a lot of languages because it’s been spread into many parts of the world like Europe and Asia. The languages are mostly English and Italian.
The third is ruler. Iron Age doesn’t have its specific s ruler because it’s been spread into many parts of the world so it doesn’t have a high king or a high ruler. Kassite dynasty has a lot of ruler like Agum II or Agum-Kakrime and Burnaburiash I.
The last is history. According to Wikipedia about Iron Age “Archaeological evidence as it was known until the 1980s generally identified the start of this production as taking place in Anatolia around 1200 BC. Lack of evidence made it seem unlikely that iron production was begun any earlier elsewhere, and the iron age was seen as a problem of simple diffusion of a new and superior technology from an invention point in Anatolia to other regions. Recent archaeological work has modified this chronology, but also the causes of the transition from bronze to iron. New dates from India suggest that iron was being worked there as early as 1800 BCE, and Africa sites are turning up dates as early as 1200 BCE.” For Kassite dynasty, the original homeland of the Kassites is still a secret, but it appears to be located in the Zagros Mountains in Lorestan in Iran. Their first historical appearance happened in the 18th century BC when they attacked Babylonia in the 9th year of the reign of Samsu-iluna”
In conclusions, the languages are not really the same and also their history. But still there are some similarities.
Prem Pongpanich (Prem 10M(A))