Thank you.
You will be spared execution by impalement.
...At least for the next couple of minutes.
You have entered
the throne room
of the great
TIGLATH PILESER III
Top 6 Activities of Tiglath Pileser III
6. Conquering countries, exiling lots of the inhabitants, killing the
rest, and taking all their stuff
5. Killing my brother so I can be king (I was better at it than he was)
4. Making lots of people serve in my army
3. Checking up on governors who weren't loyal
2. Making subject kings pay lots of tribute
1. Impaling people I don't like
Top 6 treasures of Tiglath Pileser III
6. Birds whose spread-out wings were dyed blue
5. Lambs whose stretched hides were dyed purple
4. Ivory
3. Elephant hides
2. Silver
1. Gold
Top 6 accomplishments of Tiglath Pileser III
6. Arranged assassination of Pekah, king of Israel and his replacement
by Hoshea (Hoshea was loyal as long as my royal majesty lived)
5. Conquest of Damascus
4. Conquest of Arpad
3. Moving lots of people around so they wouldn't know anybody and couldn't
plot revolt
2. Arranging my government so I could check up on everybody
1. Killing my brother so I could be king in the first place
Tiglath Pileser III Receiving Homage
This picture is on the web site of the Detroit Institute of the Arts whose web site you really ought to visit!
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