14. What was the Assyrian policy toward conquered peoples and what was the result of this policy?

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"The Assyrian conquerors invented a new policy towards the conquered: in order to prevent nationalist revolts by the conquered people, the Assyrians would force the people they conquered to migrate in large numbers to other areas of the empire" (Assyrians Warfare and Consequences.) This shows that they could secure the safety of the empire by deporting large amounts of people to a single camp. This method proved to work for a while until the Babylonians conquered the Assyrians, ending the Empire.

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Will Fallon