Assyria is not a country, and has not existed for two and a halfthousand years. It formed an empire in the Middle East andsuccessfully controlled territory from Palestine to Mesopotamia. Itkept peace in the territories it gained control of by the successof its military strength and politically by transferring rulingclasses between fractious peoples so that they had unsympatheticrulers who would keep them under control.

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One example of this was to deport the ruling class of Israel toMesopotamia and replace it with a ruling class imported fromMesopotamia. Both sets of people were thus kept under control,saving the Assyrians the problem of having to enforce law and orderthemselves.

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