الإبعاد و المظاهر الدينية للحملات العسكرية لملوك المملكة الآشورية الحديثة (911-612 ق. م)‎

Abstract EN

The research dealt with the religious manifestations of the military campaigns of the modern Assyrian kings (911-612 BC), according to a scientific method based on the study and analysis of the translated cuneiform texts that we adopted in writing this research.

The kings had promoted that their wars were carried out in consultation with the gods, especially Assyria, Shamash, and Ishtar, and at their direction, under their protection, support, and for their sake as well.

It also became clear that the Assyrian kings were keen to celebrate their gods to express their gratitude for the role that they attributed to them in the victory over their enemies, by offering them sacrifices and worshiping them after the completion of their military actions, as well as allocating a share for them from the material gains resulting from these actions and raising them and perpetuating their mention in Open areas.

All this has been linked in one way or another to Assyrian religious beliefs.

It also showed that the Assyrian kings believed in the sanctity of their wars to the point that they viewed political and economic goals, which were among the main motives for these wars, as goals that the gods had legitimized for them.