How Did Assyrians King's Use Of Absolute Power

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Both the Assyrian and Persian Empires had Kings with absolute power that controlled the military and structure of society. Although each society was a civilization with keen tactics on military and structure, the Persian Empire were still slightly more enlightened from Cyrus the Great’s treatment of the people to the tactics of his military operatives. The Assyrians King Ashurbanipal, used his absolute power to oppress others, including his own people, in order to rise to top power and gain more following. The effectiveness of the King’s military was based on the use of military tactics; of a strong, large, and diverse fighting soldiers in his military, and terror. The leadership of the Persian empire was quite different because it used, “An