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Sargon II was a warrior-king and conqueror who commanded his armies in person and dreamt of conquering the world like Sargon of Akkad. Sargon assumed traditional Mesopotamian titles relating to world domination, such as " king of the universe " and " king of the four corners of the world ", and great power, including " great king " and "mighty ...
- 722–705 BC
- Iaba (?)
- Tiglath-Pileser III (?)
- Ra'īmâ, Atalia
2 - The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. Sargon II was considered a Biblical myth throughout modern history until the archaeological excavations of the French scholar, Paul Emile Botta.
- Early Reign & Conquests
- Military Campaigns
- The Urartu Campaign of 714 BCE
- Dur-Sharrukin & Babylon
- Final Years & Legacy
Sargon II was middle-aged when he came to the throne. What role he played in his father's administration is unknown as no inscriptions identify Tiglath Pileser III's younger son by name. The only reason scholars know Sargon II was Tiglath Pileser III's son is from Sargon II's own inscriptions and court documents from his reign. Sargon II also refer...
In 720 BCE he marched on the city of Hamat (in the region of Syria) and destroyed it. He then continued on to crush the other cities which had joined the rebellion, Damascus and Arpad, at the Battle of Qarqar. With order restored in the Syrian regions, he marched back to his capital at Kalhuand ordered the deportation and resettlement of those Assy...
The Kingdom of Urartu (also known as the biblical Kingdom of Ararat and Kingdom of Van) had grown in power throughout the 13th to the 11th century BCE. The Templeof Haldi, in the holy city of Mushashir in Urartu, had been an important pilgrimage center since the 3rd millennium BCE and the offerings from kings, princes, nobility, and merchants fille...
To celebrate his victory, and create a lasting monument to his campaign, he turned his attention to the construction and adornment of his city Dur-Sharrukin in the year 713 BCE. The city would be decorated with reliefs depicting Sargon II's conquests and, especially, the sack of Mushashir. He took personal interest in every aspect of the city's con...
Having conquered the south, Sargon II marched to Babylon and claimed kingship. He now ruled all of Mesopotamia and the Assyrian Empire was at its greatest expanse, wealth, and might to date. He chose to reside at Babylon and entertained the envoys of other kings and nations, including those of the king Mita of Phrygia who is identified by some scho...
- Joshua J. Mark
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Feb 22, 2024 · February 22, 2024 Bryan Windle. Sargon II: An Archaeological Biography. In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it – at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. (Is 20:1 ESV)
- King Ahab of Israel. Ahab (birth and death dates unknown), king of Israel in the middle of the ninth century bce , is perhaps best remembered for the Biblical account of his marriage to the Phoenician princess Jezebel and the bloody revolution that eventually resulted from that union.
- Tiglath-Pileser III. Tiglath-Pileser III (ruled 745–727 bce ) is widely regarded as one of the greatest kings in the centuries-long history of the Assyrian empire.
- Sargon II. The reign of Sargon II (?– 705 bce ), king of Assyria from 722 bce to his death in 705 bce , marked a continuation of the growing power of the resurgent Neo-Assyrian Empire.
- Sennacherib. King Sennacherib (ruled 705–681 bce ) was one of the “four great kings”who led Assyria during the last century of that empire’s existence. Although he spent most of his reign fighting to hold together the conquests of his father, Sargon II, Sennacherib also managed to turn his capital at Nineveh into one of the jewels of the Near East.
Sargon II, king of Assyria (721-705 BC) Sargon II ascended to the Assyrian throne in the midst of a countrywide rebellion. He built a lavish new residence city, Dur-Šarruken, but died on the battlefield just one year after its completion.
Sargon II, also known as Šarru-ukin was a king of Assyria during the Neo-Assyrian Empire between 722 BC and 705 BC and responsible for ushering in a new age of Assyrian prosperity and wealth. He named himself after Sargon the Great who had established the Akkadian Empire many, many centuries before.
