Sargon II

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contribution to Assyrian art
- In Mesopotamian art and architecture: Architecture
deportation of Samarians
- In biblical literature: The fall of Israel
diplomatic relations with Cyprus
- In Cyprus: Assyrian and Egyptian domination
founding of Dur Sharrukin
- In Dur Sharrukin
history of Mesopotamia
- In history of Mesopotamia: Sargon II (721–705) and Marduk-apal-iddina of Babylonia
plunder of temple of Haldi
- In Haldi
relationship to Sennacherib
- In Sennacherib: Early career and the Babylonian campaigns

conflict with

Cimmerians
- In Cimmerian
Hezekiah
- In Hezekiah
Kaskan people
- In Kaska
Merodach-Baladan II
- In Chaldea
- In Merodach-Baladan II
Neo-Hittite states
- In Anatolia: The neo-Hittite states from c. 1180 to 700 bce
Phrygia
- In Anatolia: Phrygia from c. 1180 to 700 bce
Urartu
- In Urartu

rule of

Ashur
- In Ashur
Luwians
- In Luwian
Muṣaṣir
- In Muṣaṣir

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Jorgen Laessoe

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 05, 2024
	Replaced photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Sep 05, 2017
	Added new Web site: The British Museum - Biography of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC).	Gloria Lotha	Sep 18, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998