<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> This volume focuses on the state ideology of imperial Assyria in the 9th century BCE, in particular on how power relations among the Mesopotamian deities, the Assyrian king, and the “foreign lands” are described and depicted. The author also discusses ideological variations among regnal and historical phases, localities, and rulers.
