Examples of Sargon the Great in the following topics:
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- Its patron god was Nanna, the moon god, and the city's name literally means "the abode of Nanna."
- This temple was built in the 21st century BCE, during the reign of Ur-Nammu, and was reconstructed in the 6th century BCE by Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon.
- Between the 24th and 22nd century BCE, Ur was controlled by Sargon the Great, of the Akkadian Empire.
- It was ruled by the first dynasty of Babylonia, then part of the Sealand Dynasty, then by the Kassites before falling to the Assyrian Empire from the 10th-7th century BE.
- The final decline was likely due to drought, changing river patterns and the silting of the Persian Gulf.
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- Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of King Sargon II.
- Dur-Sharrukin, or present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of King Sargon II.
- Sargon, who ordered the project, was killed during a battle in 705.
- On the central canal of Sargon's garden stood a pillared pleasure-pavilion which looked up to a great topographic creation - a man-made Garden Mound.
- Since Dur-Sharrukin was a single-period site that was evacuated in an orderly manner after the death of Sargon II, few individual objects were found.
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- The Akkadian Empire flourished in the 24th and 22nd centuries BCE, ruled by Sargon and Naram-Sin.
- Its founder was Sargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BCE).
- Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BCE.
- He called himself "the anointed priest of Anu" and "the great ensi of Enlil. "
- Sargon managed to crush his opposition even in old age.
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- Ashurnasirpal's son, Shalmaneser III (858–824 BCE), built the monument known as the Great Ziggurat and an associated temple.
- Dur-Sharrukin, or present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of King Sargon II.
- Sargon, who ordered the project, was killed during a battle in 705.
- On the central canal of Sargon's garden stood a pillared pleasure-pavilion which looked up to a great topographic creation—a man-made Garden Mound.
- Nineveh's greatness was short-lived.
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- Initially, the monarchical lugal (lu = man, gal = great) was subordinate to the priestly ensi, and was appointed at times of troubles, but by later dynastic times, it was the lugal who had emerged as the preeminent role and had his own palace independent from the temple establishment.
- Under Sargon, the ensis generally retained their positions, but were seen more as provincial governors.
- With Naram-Sin, Sargon's grandson, titular honors went even further than they did with Sargon.
- Both Sargon and Naram-Sin maintained control of the country by installing various members of their family in important positions around the empire.
- Clay seals that took the place of stamps bore the names of Sargon and his son.
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- Little is known of the construction of Assyrian temples with the exception of the distinctive ziggurats and massive remains at Mugheir.
- The fortress of Sargon II (reigned 722–705 BCE) at Dur-Sharrukin, or Khorsabad, was the best known.
- After the death of Sargon II, the site was abandoned.
- Despite the long-term fragility of wood, the scale of the gates and the mechanisms by which they opened and closed point to the political instability of the time and the need to defend all parts of the empire.
- Woman in photograph provides an idea of the scale of the gates.
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- In the late 24th century BCE, Assyrian kings were regional leaders under Sargon of Akkad, who united all the Akkadian Semites and Sumerian-speaking peoples of Mesopotamia under the Akkadian Empire (c. 2334 BC-2154 BCE).
- However, a shift in the Assyrian's dominance occurred with the rise of the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365 BCE-1056 BCE).
- This period saw the reigns of great kings, such as Ashur-uballit I, Arik-den-ili, Tukulti-Ninurta I, and Tiglath-Pileser I.
- Beginning with the campaigns of Adad-nirari II from 911 BCE, Assyria again showed itself to be a great power over the next three centuries during the Neo-Assyrian period.
- Map of the Ancient Near East during the 14th century BCE, showing the great powers of the day
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- Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
- Occupying a central position on the great highway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, Nineveh united the East and the West, and received wealth from many sources.
- Thereafter successive monarchs such as Sargon II, Esarhaddon, Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal kept Nineveh in repair and founded new palaces and temples.
- Nineveh's greatness was short-lived.
- In around 627 BCE, after the death of its last great king Ashurbanipal, the Neo-Assyrian empire began to unravel due to a series of bitter civil wars, and Assyria was attacked by its former vassals, the Babylonians and Medes.
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- A cast bronze portrait head believed to be that of King Sargon combines a naturalistic nose and mouth with stylized eyes, eyebrows, hair, and beard.
- The second millennium BCE marks the transition from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Bronze Age.
- Predominance is given to animal forms, particularly horses and lions, which are represented in great detail.
- The king stands in the center of the stele wearing a horned headpiece.
- The queen sits on the top register, while the king sits on the bottom.
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- Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia.
- Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia at the end of the third millennium BCE .
- The non-Akkadian origin of the city's name suggests that the site may have already been occupied in pre-Sargonic times, as also suggested by the mentioning of the city in one pre-Sargonic year-name.
- However, excavations have shown that the remains at Ishan Mizyad date to the Ur III period and not to the Akkadian period.
- Map of the Near East showing the geographical extent of the Akkadian Empire.