A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . t and death in the strength of Elam was not broken by thisreverse, and, when Shamash-shum-ukin revolted, hereceived active Elamite support. Not only in Elam, but also throughout the territorycontrolled by Assyria, Shamash-shum-ukin found sup-port in his rebellion, a fact significant of the detestationof Assyrian rule in the scattered provinces of theempire, which continued to be held together only byfear. But the force at Ashur-bani-pals disposal wasstill powerful enough to stamp out the conflagration
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . t and death in the strength of Elam was not broken by thisreverse, and, when Shamash-shum-ukin revolted, hereceived active Elamite support. Not only in Elam, but also throughout the territorycontrolled by Assyria, Shamash-shum-ukin found sup-port in his rebellion, a fact significant of the detestationof Assyrian rule in the scattered provinces of theempire, which continued to be held together only byfear. But the force at Ashur-bani-pals disposal wasstill powerful enough to stamp out the conflagrationand head off disaster for a time. He marched intoBabylonia, besieged and captured Babylon, and hisbrother Shamash-shum-ukin met his death in the flamesof his palace in 648 The Assyrian king then ^ Esarhaddon had plundered Memphis, but in a few months it had beenrecovered by Egypt and the Assyrian garrison massacred. On his finalEgyptian campaign in 661, Ashur-bani-pal sacked and destroyed Thebes, andfor some years afterwards Egypt continued to acknowledge Assyrian ;?7z o^ ASHrK-i;AXM>Ar. as thk rkstorek of K-SAGILA,THE TEMPLE OK MARUUK AT No. < RELATIONS WITH ASSYRIA 273 invaded Elam, and, capturing its cities as he advanced,he laid the country under fire and sword. Susa wasprotected by its river, then in flood, but the Assyrianarmy effected a crossing, and the ancient capital lay atthe mercy of the invaders. Having taken the city,Ashur-bani-pal determined to break its power for ever,after the manner Sennacherib had dealt with not only stripped the temples and carried off thetreasures of the palace, but he even desecrated the royaltombs, and completed his work of destruction by Susa was plundered and destroyed, and in Babylonitself Ashur-bani-pal continued to be supreme until hisdeath. Babylonia had proved herself no match for thelegions of Assyria at the height of the latters power ;but the industrial and commercia
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