ABSTRACT
The view of the State was the same as in Babylonia. The god Ashur was the true master of the land and the city which bore his name. The king of Assyria was his vicegerent, and would not embark upon any important enterprise without receiving his command and rendering account to him; on his return from every campaign, for instance, the king rendered him a detailed report, a veritable campaign diary and history of the successes achieved. If Tiglath-pilescr I attacked Commagene, it was only because " it had withheld its tribute and presents to the god Ashur." And the same prince says in another place of the defeated people: " I have subdued them to Ashur, my master . . . I have counted them among the subjects of Ashur, my master."
