Understanding the role that etiquette plays in regulating individual interactions and group cohesion can provide new insights into how and why cultures evolve.
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“Our analysis of etiquette suggests these were not religious gestures, as previously thought,” he adds. “Rather, the clasping hands gesture indicated that the hands had been active and that duties were successfully achieved. The pointing finger was simply a means of indicating specific sections within inscribed texts or images.” This work enabled Portuese to redefine etiquette in Assyria – a word that only emerged in France in the 1580s – as a set of conventions that regulate interactions between individuals."
“We were able to develop the fundamental idea that people adhere to etiquette rules, in ancient Mesopotamia as much as today, out of fear of being excluded or ostracised from a group,” he notes. “Fear, in essence, is the real reason driving individuals to adopt and adapt to social rules.”
A farmer in Baghdida is growing a wide range of pepper varieties inside plastic greenhouses, part of an agricultural effort that community leaders say helps Nineveh Plain residents stay on their land.
Many Assyrian inventions were so advanced that we make use of them today in one way or another. People from the 21st century might not expect that daily life in such an ancient culture would include visiting a library, going to the doctor, or unlocking a storehouse with a key.
Armenia is the most homogenous country in the post-Soviet world, with 98% of its citizens identified as ethnic Armenians. Nevertheless, other ethnic groups live in the country, including Russians, Kurds, Greeks, Jews, Ukrainians and Assyrians.
Two Swedish-Assyrian students in Sweden have captured national attention after winning a prestigious young scientist competition with an unconventional yet scientifically grounded project exploring the effects of rice water on hair health.
A farmer in Baghdida is growing a wide range of pepper varieties inside plastic greenhouses, part of an agricultural effort that community leaders say helps Nineveh Plain residents stay on their land.
As the debate over the mass repatriation of Syrian refugees intensifies, the Assyrian Christian community has voiced "profound concern" regarding recent calls to encourage, or even push, up to 80% of Syrians living in Germany to return to their homeland.
During Assyrian New Year celebrations in Australia, Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan pledged 10 million AUD to establish St Joseph’s Christian College, set to become the state’s first Assyrian school.
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