State Department official Maura Pally says cultural diplomacy remains extremely important in the world today.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

So Judah, the Southern Kingdom, is a tribute-paying vassal state to the Assyrian overlord. And of course there's a great deal of Assyrian cultural influence and religious influence in Judah as a result.

那么犹大，南部王国，是纳贡者-向亚述统治者,上交贡赋理所应当的，他们受到了许多亚述,文化和宗教影响。

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And,in conclusion,the state becomes the new ways that patronage,economic,financial, cultural,political,is dispensed.

总之,国家,变成了施与经济的,金融的,文化的,政治的恩惠的新方法

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