The messages that founded in Babylonian and Assyrian arts were military power is essential in the past where civilizations were fighting over land and having their authority being placed in the world by having creating their government and laws. According to Penelope J.E Davies's Janson's History Art, fig. 2.20 of the Assyrians shows "the king races forward in his chariot with bow drawn, leaving wounded and dead lion in his wake. A wounded lion leaps at the chariot as attendants plunge spears into its chest. The artwork exemplifies the Assyrians having power against their enemies and being dominant in the political world. The artwork is able to illustrate this by using
