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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 ...
667–648 BC) describes himself as a "descendant of Sargon II", his great-grandfather. More extremely, Esarhaddon (r. 681–669 BC) calls himself a "descendant of the eternal seed of Bel-bani", a king who lived more than a thousand years before him. [14]
Example user: Sargon II [18] King who provides for her [18] šarru zāninša [18] King who provides for them [18] šarru zāninšun [18] Provider of Esagila and Ezida [1] zānin Esagil u Ezida [1] One of the most common royal titles of the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, used by nearly all kings. [1] Example users: Sargon II, [18 ...
Talta (Dalta) was the King of Ellipi. He was probably on the throne contemporary with Assyrian kings Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 745-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (r. 727-722 BC). [ 1 ] He paid tribute to the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 722-705 BC) since 714 BC.
Marduk-apla-iddina fled rather than face Sargon II, was later defeated and Sargon II was formally inaugurated as King of Babylon. [13] [16] Sargon II's final campaign was against the Kingdom of Tabal in Anatolia, which had thrown off Assyrian control a few years earlier. As in his other campaigns, Sargon II personally led his troops and he died ...
King Sargon II of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (right) had the full titulature of Great King, Mighty King, King of the Universe, King of Assyria, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad. Stele housed at the British Museum, London. An inscription of the Akkadian king Rimush on the shell of a rock snail of the genus Murex, reading "Rimush, King of ...
The temples were constructed during the reign of King Sargon II, which spanned from 721 to 704 B.C., making them over 2,700 years old. The etchings, comparable to Egyptian hieroglyphs, have been ...
In 705 BC, Sargon II led a campaign against a rebellious Neo-Assyrian vassal, the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Tabal in Anatolia, during which he probably also fought the Cimmerians, and was killed in battle against the Tabalian ruler Gurdî of Kulummu. [123] The Assyrian king Sargon II (left) and the crown prince Sennacherib (right).