I carried off his silver, gold, possessions, property, bronze, iron, tin, . . . captives of the guilty soldiers together with their property, his gods together with their property, precious stone of the mountain, his harnessed chariot, his teams of horses, the equipment of the horses, the equipment of the troops, garments with multi-colored trim, linen garments, fine oil, cedar, fine aromatic plants, cedar shavings, purple wool, red-purple wool, his wagons, his oxen, his sheep—his valuable tribute which, like the stars of heaven, had no number. Based on this passage, what can you conclude about the nature of Assyrian attacks on city-states in Mesopotamia?