Order of assassins today
Assassin word origin!
History of assassination
Assassination, the murder of an opponent or well-known public figure, is one of the oldest tools of power struggles, as well as the expression of certain psychopathic disorders.
Hashashin meaning
It dates back to the earliest governments and tribal structures of the world.
Ancient history
The Egyptian pharaoh Teti, of the Old KingdomSixth Dynasty (23rd century BCE), is thought to be the earliest known victim of assassination, though written records are scant and thus evidence is circumstantial.
Two further ancient Egyptian monarchs are more explicitly recorded to have been assassinated; Amenemhat I of the Middle KingdomTwelfth Dynasty (20th century BCE) is recorded to have been assassinated in his bed by his palace guards for reasons unknown (as related in the Instructions of Amenemhat); meanwhile contemporary judicial records relate the assassination of New KingdomTwentieth Dynasty monarch Ramesses III in BCE as part of a failed coup attempt.
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