Stock Photo - An Assyrian king practices the killing of lions. In ancient Assyria it was the duty of the king to clear the land of lions and other wild animals, hunting became a royal sport and in order to enable the king to improve his skill beasts were captured and released into the arena. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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