Assyria's Mass-Murdering Warlords

A History of Mankind (47)

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Continuing a long Assyrian tradition of gloating, the blood-thirsty King Ashur-dan II left inscriptions proclaiming that his victories over Arameans were simple acts of justice, with which he was taking revenge over upstarts and retaking ancien…