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# How Ancient Assyria Used Religion to Become a Superpower
- URL: https://www.assyriapost.com/how-ancient-assyria-used-religion-to-become-a-superpower/
- Published: 2026-05-21T20:47:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-21T20:47:39.000Z
- Description: The Neo-Assyrian Empire became the largest empire in the known world in the 9th century BCE, through a system of divine kingship and state propaganda.
- Author: The Assyria Post
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"Religious policies have been utilized by monarchies and governments for political gains since the beginning of civilization. Few have done so as successfully as the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The kings of both the Old and Middle Assyrian periods provided their successors with the powerful framework that the Neo-Assyrian rulers used to subjugate other kingdoms across the Near East and become the biggest empire the world had seen until that point. Their ideology appointed their king as the representative of the gods on earth, and the gods wanted Assyria to expand and dominate the known world."

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[How Ancient Assyria Used Religion to Become a Superpower | TheCollectorThe Neo-Assyrian Empire became the largest empire in the known world in the 9th century BCE, through a system of divine kingship and state propaganda.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/f5/5df5a6c1-1f57-4975-951e-ddd33d31dec7/content/images/icon/apple-icon-12c2fa-44f8645545ca6c7209358baee24ec25085a11c0613ecd74e0955303535a4a5ef.png)TheCollectorHeather Reilly![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/f5/5df5a6c1-1f57-4975-951e-ddd33d31dec7/content/images/thumbnail/how-ancient-assyria-used-religion-30b8ae0beef646d5ae9e2bca0158523a4cc19957c2d3b02d884b23d8a8615f9c.jpg)](https://www.thecollector.com/how-ancient-assyria-used-religion/?ref=assyriapost.com)