Šarru-ukin II (722-705 BC)[edit]
Sargon II (Akkadian Šarru-ukin the true king; Syriac: ܣܪܓܘܢ Sargon) was an Assyrian king. Sargon seized the throne of the Assyrian Empire in 722 BC after the death of Shalmaneser V in an apparently violent coup.[4] In his inscriptions, he styles himself as a new man, rarely referring to his predecessors; however he took the name Šarru-ukin, after Sargon of Akkad — who had founded the first Semitic Empire in the region some 16 centuries earlier. Sargon was also an impressive builder, establishing the new city Dur-Šarru-ukin in his name and adorning it with a lavish palace and temple citadel and lamassu statues at every gateaway.[5]
Sargon was the last king to be actively involved in front-line battles while his successors mainly oversaw the battles and occasionally engaged in personal combat with their rivals. Sargon also gave some responsibilities to his crown prince Sīn-aḥḥī-erība and appointed his brother Sīn-aḥu-uṣur as grand-vizier.[6]
Sargon scored a number of victories against the Babylonians, Urartians, Medians, Israelites, Phillistines and the kingdom of Carchemish. The empire now had heaby tributes flowing from every corner along with a treasury supplemented with loot from the temples of the defeat Urartians.[5][6][7]
Sargon was martyred in battle following a routine expedition to repel Cimmerian marauders from the Persian and Median vassals. His newly-built capital was abandoned and moved to Nineveh.[5]
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