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The Recognition of Esarhaddon as King in Nineveh, illustration by A. C. Weatherstone for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (1915).. Although Esarhaddon had been the crown prince of Assyria for three years and the designated heir of King Sennacherib, with the entire empire having taken oaths to support him, it was only with great difficulty that he successfully ascended the Assyrian throne.
Statue of Kushite ruler and pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty Taharqa (ruled 690-664 BCE), who led the fight against the Assyrians. Louvre Museum reconstruction. Esarhaddon raided Egypt in 673. This invasion, which only a few Assyrian sources discuss, ended in what some scholars have assumed was possibly one of Assyria's worst defeats. [7]
[citation needed] Baal I was also the first ruler in the list of tributaries who provided materials for Esarhaddon's palace at Nineveh. [3] By 671, BC Baal I defied Assyria after it secured an alliance with Taharqo, king of Cush. [3] Esarhaddon attacked Tyre and Baal I later capitulated, ceding most of his mainland towns. [4]
In March of 673 BC, Essarhadon sent a large military force to Egypt, possibly via the Wadi Tumilat but was defeated by the Egyptians under Pemu, then ruler of Heliopolis for the Kushites. Esarhaddon returned two years later in the summer of 671 BC and after a number of battles, was able to take Memphis , wound Taharqa , capture his brother and ...
Ashurbanipal is recognized as one of the most brutal Assyrian kings; he was one of the few rulers to boast of his gory massacres of rebellious civilians. His extensive destruction of Elam is regarded by some scholars as a genocide. The Assyrians won many battles under Ashurbanipal, campaigning further from the Assyrian heartland than ever ...
The land was subsequently called Ogygia in his honor but later known as Mount Athos. Sextus Julius Africanus, writing after 221 CE, adds that Ogyges founded Eleusis. [14] In one account, his predecessor was called Kalydnos, son of Ouranos. [15] [16] According to Africanus, Ogygus lived at the time of the Exodus of the House of Israel from Egypt ...
The rulers of the kingdom are only known from sources of chronicles and minted coins. [9] During this rule (630 AD), Lahore was said to have been visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hieun Tsang . He described it as a great Brahmin city.
Such interventions included a punitive expedition against Wey in 671 BC, because this state had defied King Hui, as well as involvement in a power struggle in Lu in order to cement Qi's power. [4] Another major concern for Duke Huan was the threat that outside powers (derogatorily called the " Four Barbarians ") posed to the Zhou states, and he ...