Conquering Kings | by Peter Schwartzkopff | Volume 11, Issue 3 | May - June 2005
“AŠLULA ABBUUL AKKUR INA IŠATI AKMU”
(I carried away, I devastated, I destroyed, I burnt with fire)
Assyria was a military nation, highly disciplined; her characteristics being destructive invasion, deportation and taxation. The words of the prophet Nahum: “… Devastation, desolation, and destruction!” echo the war cry…
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