Assyria was a superpower for a lot longer than the USA has even existed. Their relationships with their neighbors was almost entirely antagonistic. https://pdf

Assyria was a superpower for a lot longer than the USA has even existed. Their relationships with their neighbors was almost entirely antagonistic. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f4af/bb82f1b7920fa9444e29eb128bd13832cd46.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f4af/bb82f1b7920fa9444e29eb... Nearly the entire history of the Ancient Near East was superpowers antagonizing their neighbors. Throughout human history, superpowers NOT antagonizing their neighbors is almost unheard of. The easiest way to become a superpower, historically, was to antagonize your neighbors.