Saturday, August 21, 2010

Who are three famous Assyrian kings?

Three famous Assyrian kings are Sargon II, Sennacherib, and Ashurbanipal. Sargon II ruled Assyria from 722-705 BC, expanding his empire throughout Mesopotamia. Most notably, he conquered Babylon.


When Sargon II died, his son--Sennacherib--took the throne and ruled until 681. He moved the Assyrian capital to Nineveh, and some historians think he constructed the famous "Hanging Gardens." Sennacherib is most famous because he appears in the biblical account of the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18-19). According to the biblical account, God intervened and protected King Hezekiah and the Jews from the Assyrians; according to Sennacherib's inscriptions, the Assyrians sacked the city.


Ashurbanipal ruled from 668-627 and was the last great Assyrian king. He is perhaps most famous for his great library, which contained more than 30,000 cuneiform tablets. Notably, his library included both the Epic of Gligamesh and the Enuma Elish.

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