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Ancient Mesopotamia
Question:
What did the Assyrians do with the conquered people of Babylon?
Answer:
They gave them a choice. The people of Babylon could move or die. They relocated them all over the Assyrian Empire. That way, the Babylonians had to learn new ways in a new place, and were much less likely to revolt as a group, as they had no group. Assyria