ye to plunder,
who could see nothing in the most successful expedition but a means of
enriching his people or adding to the splendours of his court. He was
evidently convinced that certain nations, such as Urartu and Elam, would
never really assimilate with his own subjects, and, in their case, he
adhered strictly to the old system of warfare, and did all he could to
bring about their ruin; other nations, on the contrary, he regarded as
capable of amalgamation with the Assyrians, and these he did his best to
protect from the worst consequences of their rebellion and resistance.
He withdrew them from the influence of their native dynasties, and
converted their territories into provinces under his own vigilant
administration, and though he did not scruple to send the more turbulent
elements among them into exile, and did his best to weaken them by
founding alien colonies in their midst, yet he respected their religion,
customs, and laws, and, in return for their obedience to his rule,
guaranteed them an equitable and judicious government. Moreover, he
took quite as much interest in their well-being as' in his own military
successes, and in the midst of his heroic struggles against Rusas and
Merodach-baladan he contrived to find time for the consideration of such
prosaic themes as the cultivation of the vine and of corn; he devoted
his attention to the best methods of storing wine, and sought to prevent
"oil, which is the life of man and healeth wounds, from rising in price,
and the cost of sesame from exceeding that of wheat." We seem to see
in him, not only the stern and at times cruel conqueror, but also the
gracious monarch, kind and considerate to his people, and merciful to
the vanquished when policy permitted him to indulge his natural leaning
to clemency.

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