Why did ashur become the "King of the Gods" during Assyrian rule?
During the Assyrian rule, on the one hand, Assyrians inherited the culture, writing and religion of the conquered Babylonians, and the former Sumerian-Babylonian god still occupied an important position; On the other hand, Assyrian tribal gods and national gods were merged into the old temple one after another, and ashur Assyrian tribal gods became the official patron saint of the country and rose to the status of the main god. So ashur became "the king of gods, the Lord of all things, the father of all gods, the creator of heaven and hades, the Lord of gods living in the kingdom of light, the creator of mankind, the god who decides the fate of mankind ...".