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Subject(s)

• Assyria—History [Browse]
• Assyria—History, Military [Browse]
• Sargon II King of Assyria -705 B.C. [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Biographies [Browse]

Series

• Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 22. [More in this series]
• Archaeology and biblical studies ; number 22 [More in this series]

Summary note

Elayi's book is the only existing biography of Sargon II, the famous Assyrian king, who was a megalomaniac and a warlord. Among the most important questions addressed in the book are the following: what was his precise role in the disappearance of the kingdom of Israel? How did he succeed in enlarging the borders of the Assyrian Empire by several successful campaigns? How did he organize his empire (administration, trade, agriculture, libraries)? What was the so-called 'sin" of Sargon?

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and indexes.

Contents

• Portrait of Sargon
• Sargon's Ascent to the Throne
• Heir to the Assyrian Empire
• The Conquest of the West
• The Northwest of the Empire
• The Wars in the North of the Empire
• Neutralization of the Eastern States
• Recurring Problems in the South
• End of Reign
• Chronological Synthesis of Sargon's Reign.

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Other title(s)

• Sargon 2, King of Assyria
• Sargon the second, King of Assyria

ISBN

• 9780884142249 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0884142248 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 9781628371772 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
• 1628371773 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2017009197

OCLC

971068773

Other standard number

• 40027410268
• 40027434198

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