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May 2, 2024 · Sennacherib ignored Arda-Mulissu's repeated appeals to be reinstated as heir, and in 681 BC, Arda-Mulissu and his brother Nabu-shar-usur murdered Sennacherib, hoping to seize power for themselves. Babylonia and the Levant welcomed his death as divine punishment , while the Assyrian heartland probably reacted with resentment and horror.
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May 1, 2024 · Murdered by his eldest son Arda-Mulissu, who hoped to seize power for himself. Esarhaddon Aššur-aḫa-iddina: 681 – 669 BC (12 years) Son of Sennacherib. After Sennacherib was killed by Arda-Mulissu, Esarhaddon had to fight a six-week-long civil war against his brother before he successfully assumed the throne.
- 609 BC
- Ashur-uballit II
- 21st century BC
3 days ago · Ashurbanipal [a] ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-bāni-apli, [10] [b] meaning " Ashur is the creator of the heir") [3] [12] was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. [8] [13] Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father ...
- 669–631 BC
- Libbali-sharrat
May 2, 2024 · A giant lamassu from the royal palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 722–705 BC) at Dur-Sharrukin The history of the Assyrians encompasses nearly five millennia, covering the history of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Assyria, including its territory, culture and people, as well as the later history of the Assyrian people after the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 609 BC.
4 days ago · Assassination of Alexander I and Louis Barthou on October 9, 1934, Marseilles, France. Executed body of Abd al-Karim Qasim on February 9, 1963, Baghdad, Iraq. Executed body of Ngô Đình Diệm on November 2, 1963, Saigon, South Vietnam. Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas, United States.
