Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Just
to the left
(under the attack), prisoners are paraded before the Assyrian king, who
is shaded by a parasol. Ashurnasirpal II sneers and tells the captured chief, “Drop and
give me 50.” Above the prisoners' heads, we see the rich spoils of war—elephant tusks,
metal pots, and so on. The Assyrians, whose economy depended on booty, depopulated
conquered lands by slavery and ethnic cleansing, then moved in Assyrian settlers.
