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Unlike the other titles of supposed world domination, "king of all peoples" does not refer to a territorial domain, but rather that the Assyrian king was superior to foreign people and that he possessed a legitimate right to govern (all of)
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Early Neo-Assyrian State Ideology Relations of Power in the Inscriptions and Iconography of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859) and Shalmaneser III (858–824)
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had a very distinct multi-ethnic character as the result of moving people from throughout his empire to its location. The title of
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Die mittelassyrischen, universalistischen Königstitel und Epitheta Tukultī-Ninurtas I. (1242–1206)
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appears to have been a later Assyrian invention only used by a handful of kings.
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was also a frequently used and important title of Ashurnasirpal's successor
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International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600–1100 BC
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Relations of Power in Early Neo-Assyrian State Ideology
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Index


Neo-Assyrian
Shalmaneser III
Akkadian
kings of Assyria
ancient Mesopotamian
world domination
King of the Four Corners of the World
King of the Universe
Akkadian Empire
Middle-Assyrian
Shalmaneser I
Tukulti-Ninurta I
Neo-Assyrian
Ashurnasirpal II
Kalhu
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser I
Tukulti-Ninurta I
Ashurnasirpal II
Shalmaneser III






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