Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
| sargon_ii [2010/05/19 08:22] – ong | sargon_ii [2015/04/23 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | Return to [[rulers_of_babylon_in_the_first_millennium_bc]]\\ | ||
| + | Return to [[Rulers of assyria]]\\ | ||
| + | Return to [[Biographies|Biographies]]\\ | ||
| + | |||
| ====== Sargon II ====== | ====== Sargon II ====== | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Year numbers Sargon II|Go here for the year numbers of Sargon II]]\\ | ||
| + | [[palu_sargon_ii|Go here for the palûs of Sargon II]] | ||
| + | ==== Biography of Sargon II ==== | ||
| Scholars generally believe that as Shalmaneser V's younger brother, Sargon II took over the throne in a violent coup (Kuhrt pg. 497). In a fragmentary document called the Ashur Charter, the reason Sargon himself offers for the regime change was the unpopular decision of Shalmaneser to tax and impose corvee labor upon the traditionally exempt cities of Ashur and Harran. The fact that Sargon constructed a new capital Dur-Sharrukin which was used only in his reign, and that he made the unusual step of naming himself after the ancient, quasi-mythical figure Sargon of Akkad, suggests that Sargon' | Scholars generally believe that as Shalmaneser V's younger brother, Sargon II took over the throne in a violent coup (Kuhrt pg. 497). In a fragmentary document called the Ashur Charter, the reason Sargon himself offers for the regime change was the unpopular decision of Shalmaneser to tax and impose corvee labor upon the traditionally exempt cities of Ashur and Harran. The fact that Sargon constructed a new capital Dur-Sharrukin which was used only in his reign, and that he made the unusual step of naming himself after the ancient, quasi-mythical figure Sargon of Akkad, suggests that Sargon' | ||
| Line 9: | Line 17: | ||
| An equally troubling development for Sargon was the takeover of the Babylonian throne by the rebel Marduk-apli-iddina II of the Chaldean tribe Bit Yakin (Merodach-Baladan of biblical fame), upon the death of Shalmaneser V. His first attempt at suppressing the revolt led to a battle in 720 at Der against a combined army of Babylonians and Elamites, resulting in the loss Assyria' | An equally troubling development for Sargon was the takeover of the Babylonian throne by the rebel Marduk-apli-iddina II of the Chaldean tribe Bit Yakin (Merodach-Baladan of biblical fame), upon the death of Shalmaneser V. His first attempt at suppressing the revolt led to a battle in 720 at Der against a combined army of Babylonians and Elamites, resulting in the loss Assyria' | ||
| - | As with the Middle Assyrian kings and the Aramaeans, Sargon found himself threatened by an incoming tribal group usually equated with the Cimmerians. Here the Assyrian king met his end, as the limmu chronicle for 705 reports that while on campaign the Cimmerians killed him and captured his camp (Kuhrt, pg. 499). | + | As with the Middle Assyrian kings and the Aramaeans, Sargon found himself threatened by an incoming tribal group usually equated with the Cimmerians. Here the Assyrian king met his end, as the limmu chronicle for 705 reports that while on campaign the Cimmerians killed him and captured his camp (Kuhrt, pg. 499). |
| + | |||
| + | Matthew Ong\\ | ||
| - | Matthew Ong | + | Return to [[rulers_of_babylon_in_the_first_millennium_bc]]\\ |
| + | Return to [[Rulers of assyria]]\\ | ||
| + | Return to [[Biographies|Biographies]]\\ | ||
