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*[http://www.ancient.eu/media Ancient History Encyclopedia: Media: definition], by Jan van der Crabben, published on 28 April 2011 (ancient.eu)

*[http://www.ancient.eu/media Ancient History Encyclopedia: Media: definition], by Jan van der Crabben, published on 28 April 2011 (ancient.eu)

*[http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Media TheFreeDictionary by Farlex: Media: definition] (thefreedictionary.com)</ref><ref name=Mackey>[http://www.specialtyinterests.net/judith.html A Historical Commentary on the  Book of Judith, by Damien Mackey, March 2003]—the author identifies Holofernes with Esarhaddon.</ref> the people still retained their ethnic identity as Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It was not unusual for conquerors to [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conscript conscript] the armed forces of conquered territories, as did the Babylonians, and the Assyrians before them, and after them [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], and Rome at the time of the [[Roman Republic|Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire|Empire]]. <blockquote>"About the seventh century B.C., Elam and the Elamites, whose capital was Susa, a people which possessed a tradition and civilization at least as old as the Sumerian, suddenly vanish from history. We do not know what happened. They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors."<ref>H. G. Wells. ''The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. Wells, revised and brought up to date by Raymond Postgate'', Vol. I (1961), page 242. Garden City Books, Garden City, New York. Copyright, 1920, 1931, 1940, by H. G. Wells. Copyright ©, 1949, 1956, 1961, by Doubleday & Company, Inc.<br/>The Egyptians also, under the [[Hyksos]] rulers. ''Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs'', edited by Regine Schulz and Matthias Scidel. (published) '''h.f.ullmann'''. "The Military", Manfred Gutgesell. page 365. ISBN 978-3-8331-4671-8.</ref></blockquote>The military forces of that Assyrian region, the conscripted Assyrian armies, were under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, and were most certainly "the Assyrian armies of Nebuchadnezzar". His commander-in-chief Holofernes even had a Persian name. Taking the text of the Book of Judith as an historical account set within the historical context of the 12th year of Nebuchadnezzar, the statement, "''Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh''", is not historically impossible.

*[http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Media TheFreeDictionary by Farlex: Media: definition] (thefreedictionary.com)</ref><ref name=Mackey>[http://www.specialtyinterests.net/judith.html A Historical Commentary on the  Book of Judith, by Damien Mackey, March 2003]—the author identifies Holofernes with Esarhaddon.</ref> the people still retained their ethnic identity as Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It was not unusual for conquerors to [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/conscript conscript] the armed forces of conquered territories, as did the Babylonians, and the Assyrians before them, and after them [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], and Rome at the time of the [[Roman Republic|Republic]] and the [[Roman Empire|Empire]]. <blockquote>"About the seventh century B.C., Elam and the Elamites, whose capital was Susa, a people which possessed a tradition and civilization at least as old as the Sumerian, suddenly vanish from history. We do not know what happened. They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors."<ref>H. G. Wells. ''The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. Wells, revised and brought up to date by Raymond Postgate'', Vol. I (1961), page 242. Garden City Books, Garden City, New York. Copyright, 1920, 1931, 1940, by H. G. Wells. Copyright ©, 1949, 1956, 1961, by Doubleday & Company, Inc.<br/>The Egyptians also, under the [[Hyksos]] rulers. ''Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs'', edited by Regine Schulz and Matthias Scidel. (published) '''h.f.ullmann'''. "The Military", Manfred Gutgesell. page 365. ISBN 978-3-8331-4671-8.</ref></blockquote>The military forces of that Assyrian region, the conscripted Assyrian armies, were under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, and were most certainly "the Assyrian armies of Nebuchadnezzar". His commander-in-chief Holofernes even had a Persian name. Taking the text of the Book of Judith as an historical account set within the historical context of the 12th year of Nebuchadnezzar, the statement, "''Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh''", is not historically impossible.

*612. The 28th year of Josiah (612). Nineveh the Assyrian capital fell to Nabopolassar and [http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyaxares/cyaxares.html Cyaxares].<ref name=Nabopolassar>"Nabopolassar", ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', p. 1167.</ref> Under Cyaxares the Medes captured Nineveh in 612 B.C.; they were the first people subject to Assyria to secure their freedom.<ref name=Medes/> Nahum 2.

*612. The 28th year of Josiah (612). Nineveh the Assyrian capital fell to Nabopolassar and [http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyaxares/cyaxares.html Cyaxares].<ref name=Nabopolassar>"Nabopolassar", ''Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', p. 1167.</ref> Under Cyaxares the Medes captured Nineveh in 612 B.C.; they were the first people subject to Assyria to secure their freedom.<ref name=Medes/> Nahum 2.