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==Origin==

==Origin==

*2: to [[murder]] (a usually prominent [[person]]) by sudden or [[secret]] [[attack]] often for [[political]] reasons  

*2: to [[murder]] (a usually prominent [[person]]) by sudden or [[secret]] [[attack]] often for [[political]] reasons  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Assassination''' is one of the oldest [[tools]] of [[power]] [[politics]], dating back at least as far as recorded [[history]]. Perhaps the earliest recorded instance is the murder of the Moabite King, Eglon by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud Ehud] around 1337 BC, described by [[The Book of Judges]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon Philip II of Macedon], the [[father]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander the Great], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar] are famous victims. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperors_of_Rome Emperors of Rome] often met their end in this way, as did many of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Imam Shia Imams]. The [[practice]] was also well known in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China ancient China]. An example of this is Jing Ke's failed assassination of Qin Shi Huang. The ancient Indian military adviser Chanakya wrote about assassinations in detail in his political treatise Arthashastra. On April 28, 1192, Conrad of Montferrat was assassinated by two hashshashin.

'''Assassination''' is one of the oldest [[tools]] of [[power]] [[politics]], dating back at least as far as recorded [[history]]. Perhaps the earliest recorded instance is the murder of the Moabite King, Eglon by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud Ehud] around 1337 BC, described by The [[Book of Judges]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon Philip II of Macedon], the [[father]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander the Great], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar] are famous victims. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperors_of_Rome Emperors of Rome] often met their end in this way, as did many of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Imam Shia Imams]. The [[practice]] was also well known in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China ancient China]. An example of this is Jing Ke's failed assassination of Qin Shi Huang. The ancient Indian military adviser Chanakya wrote about assassinations in detail in his political treatise Arthashastra. On April 28, 1192, Conrad of Montferrat was assassinated by two hashshashin.

The apocryphal Old Testament story of Judith illustrates how a woman frees the Israelites by tricking and assassinating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holofernes Holofernes], a war-lord of the rival Assyrians with whom the Israelites were at war.

The apocryphal Old Testament story of Judith illustrates how a woman frees the Israelites by tricking and assassinating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holofernes Holofernes], a war-lord of the rival Assyrians with whom the Israelites were at war.