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1 day ago · Sargon II ( Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒈗𒁺, romanized: Šarru-kīn, meaning "the faithful king" [2] or "the legitimate king") [3] was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722 BC to his death in battle in 705. Probably the son of Tiglath-Pileser III ( r. 745–727), Sargon is generally believed to have become king after overthrowing ...
2 days ago · The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia. Beginning with the coronation of Nabopolassar as the King of Babylon in 626 BC and being firmly established through the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in ...
2 days ago · The first recorded mentions of the Cimmerians date from spring or early summer of 714 BC and are from the intelligence reports of the then superpower of West Asia, the Neo-Assyrian Empire, sent by the crown prince Sennacherib to his father the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II, recording that the Urartian king Rusa I had launched a counter-attack ...
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1 day ago · A Lamassu, Or “Protective Deity”, From The Palace Of Assyrian King Sargon II (R. 722-705 Bc) Share icon This 16ft high and weighs 40 tons sculpture was excavated during archaeological exploration between 1928-1932, at Dur-Sharrukin (present day Khorsabad, in northern Iraq).
1 day ago · Prophesying in 760 BC, Amos’s oracle (Amos 1:6-7) would have been fulfilled in the campaigns of Sargon II in 722-705 BC. In 720 BC Sargon subdued and conquered Gaza – exiling its king, Hanun, to Assyria. Amos’s prophecy was fulfilled in real time, in the times of the past. Gaza in Zephaniah and Jeremiah
Here is a list of 50 places where Jews were expelled throughout history: 733 B.C. – Samaria: Expelled by King Tiglath-Pileser III.. 722 B.C. – Samaria: Expelled by Sargon II.
3 days ago · People have been a part of militaries, whether by choice or draft, since the ancient world. From the first professional army formed in the Akkadian Empire by Sargon of Akkad to the more recent ...
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