gods, or in the case of the henotheistic Assyrians, the god, was pleased with the current ruler. For the Assyrians who lived in Assur and the surrounding
deeper below ground than the Abzu, the body of freshwater which the ancientMesopotamians believed lay deep beneath the earth. In other, conflicting traditions
self-designations used by Assyrians in their native language, though they are typically translated as "Assyrian" rather than "Syrian". The ancientAssyrians primarily
construction for the government, nobility, or royalty. The study of ancientMesopotamian architecture is based on available archaeological evidence, pictorial