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Detailed explanation-1: -Ashur (or Assur) was the god of the Assyrian nation. Originally he was a local deity, of the city of Ashur. As Assyrian might grew, Ashur became the most important god of the Assyrian empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ashur, in Mesopotamian religion, city god of Ashur and national god of Assyria.

Detailed explanation-3: -His attributes were drawn from earlier Sumerian and Babylonian deities and so he was, at once, a god of war, wisdom, justice, agriculture, and kingship among others.

Detailed explanation-4: -Criterion iii: Founded in the 3rd millennium BCE, the most important role of Ashur was from the 14th to 9th century BCE when it was the first capital of the Assyrian empire. Ashur was also the religious capital of Assyrians, and the place for crowning and burial of its kings.