Asshur
Americannoun
noun
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The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.
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When nomadic Amorite tribes settled in Mesopotamia, they eventually established new cities such as Mari, Asshur, and Babylon, and they adopted much of the culture they encountered.
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The attack on Assyria proved successful, and Asshur was destroyed in 614 BCE.
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But in 616 BCE, the Chaldean Babylonian ruler Nabopolassar attempted to take advantage of a period of Assyrian weakness by launching a bold attack against the Old Assyrian capital of Asshur.
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It was he who had carried away the ruins of the fallen temple which Samsi-Bin had built at Asshur to Anu and Bin, but had not erected it again.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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