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13 Through the power of the great gods the king, beloved of the god Marduk. reestablished the foundations of Sumer and Akkad. Upon the command of Anu. and with Enlil advancing in front of his army, with the mighty powers which the great gods gave him. he was no match for the army of Emutbal We te Oe To defeat more enemies the god Marduk granted Hammurabi a "powerful weapon" called "Great Power of Marduk": With the Powerful Weapon with which Marduk proclaimed his triumphs, the hero [Hammurabi] overthrew in battle the armies of Eshnuna, Subartu and Gutium. .. . With the "Great Power of Marduk" he overthrew the armies of Sutium, Turukku, Kamu... . With the Mighty Power which Anu and Enlil had given him he defeated all his enemies But before long Babylon had to share its might with a new rival to its north—Assyria, where not Marduk but the bearded god ASHUR ("The All-Seeing") was proclaimed supreme. While Babylon tangled with the lands to its south and east, the Assyrians extended their rule northward and westward, as far as "the country of Lebanon, on the shores of the Great Sea." These were lands in the domains of the gods NINURTA and ADAD, and the Assyrian kings carefully noted that they launched their campaigns on the ex- plicit commands of these great gods. Thus, Tiglat-Pileser I com- memorated his wars, in the twelfth century B.C., in the following _ oan ASHUR was words: Tiglat-Pileser. the legitimate king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all the four regions of the earth; The courageous hero who is guided by the trust-inspiring commands given by Ashur and Ninurta, the great gods, his lords, thus overthrowing his enemies. . .. The Wars of Man him if and when to launch his military campaigns but were literally leading his armies: and its king Rim-Sin. . . . : as far as the country of Subartu.