Sennacherib

(noun)

The son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (705 – 681 BC).

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Examples of Sennacherib in the following topics:

  • Nineveh

    • Thereafter successive monarchs such as Sargon II, Esarhaddon, Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal kept Nineveh in repair and founded new palaces and temples.
    • It was Sennacherib who was credited for making Nineveh a truly magnificent city during his rule (c. 700 BCE).
    • The stone carvings in the walls include many battle and hunting scenes, as well as depicting Sennacherib's men parading the spoils of war before him .

  • Dur Sharrukin

    • After his death, his son and successor Sennacherib abandoned the project and relocated the capital with its administration to the city of Nineveh.

  • The Assyrian Culture

    • The other is Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh.
    • After his death, his son and successor Sennacherib abandoned the project and relocated the capital with its administration to the city of Nineveh.
    • King Sennacherib is credited with making Nineveh a truly magnificent city during his rule (c. 700 BCE).
    • The stone carvings in the walls include many battle and hunting scenes, as well as depicting Sennacherib's men parading the spoils of war before him.

  • Babylon

    • During the reign of Sennacherib of Assyria, Babylonia was in a constant state of revolt, suppressed only by the complete destruction of the city.

  • Neo-Babylonia

    • If this is the case, writers might have been describing ideal mythologized Eastern gardens or a famous garden built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704–681 BCE) at Nineveh roughly a century earlier.