Zealots And Assyrians

The objective of this essay is to explain the transformation of terrorism through the Ancient Era to the 17th century. Starting with the Ancient Era, there were a multiple number of terroristic like groups that formed during this time. For instance the Sicarii, Zealots, and the Assyrians. From the 17th century, terrorism began to change from person to person being killed, to a mass execution, for example, the Gunpowder plot, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, and the Salem Witch Trials were all mass executions. The Assyrians were one of the most highly militarized groups during the 9th to 17th centuries BCE and were also the utmost violence and fiercest society. The logic behind why the Assyrians were extremely violent was because of the insufficient

The Zealots are seen as being similar in a way that both groups want to revolt against Roman rule. Many believe they were a subgroup to Sicariis.the group was believed to be formed when several bands of brigands entered the city and formed a coalition. It is said that how this group was formed was the from the peasant that were fleeing from Roman order. The Zealots were religiously motivated into the first century movement. Josephus accounts of the Zealots first actions were against the Herodians. The Herodians were a member of Jewish party associated with the Pharisees in opposition to Jesus, and assumed to be supporters of Herod the Great's dynasty. Later, on after the first encounter with the Zealtos, they attacked again. This time it was against a group of priests aristocrats. There objective, by the accounts of Josephus, were aimed towards the nobility. Josephus accounts that after they had entered the city they had attacked “most eminent citizens, who were members of the Herodian royal family.” Unlike the Sicarii, the Zealots did not retaliate with violence after they were attacked by high priests and Jerusalemites. They instead they would trials and try to convert young nobles after they were arrested for having their own view. “Postponing their execution in the hope that some would come over to their

Robert Catesby leads a group of English Catholics who had planned to blow up the House of Lords. Those that would be in attendance were the Protestant aristocracy, the bishops of the Church of England, and along with the members of the House of Commons. This would be the first terrorist attempt at using a bomb. How they planned to blow up the House of Lords was to, with the assistance of a conspirator named Guy Fawkes, they would smuggle in 1800 pounds of gunpowder underneath the House. When Parliament was to meet on November 5, 1605, Fawke would be ready with a match and fuse in hand. This all failed when authorities were tipped off the night before and had discovered Fawkes. An anonymous letter was dropped at the house of William Parker, who was the fourth Baron Monteagle, to stay away from the House of Lords. Some believe that Monteagle wrote that letter himself which would benefit him in the form of money and the people seeing him as a hero. The reason why they wanted to blow up the House and killing all of those inside was to then kidnap the King's daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth and she would be placed on the throne as the Catholic monarch. This form of terrorism was state terrorism, where you have a group of conspirators wanting to get rid of a government group as a result of not abiding by the government’s