In those days, the area that is now Iraq was part of the powerful Assyrian Empire. King Sargon II had a new capital built at Khorsabad near Mosul, but after the death of its founder the city lost ...

king of Assyria 726-722 Atalia, Queen of Sargon II, king of Assyria 721-705 Outline showing the location Citadel with respect to the city of Nimrud. The western corner of the city with the new path of ...

After the traumatic events at the end of the reign of Sargon II the warrior-image of the Assyrian king changed again from individual heroism to a more sublime form, in which the simple royal presence ...

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