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SARGON , more correctly SARRU-KINU (" the legitimate See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king," Sargon being a hybrid formation from the Semitic sar and the Sumerian gina, established "), an See also:Assyrian See also:general who, on the See also:death of See also:Shalmaneser IV., during the See also:siege of See also:Samaria, seized the See also:crown on the See also:lath of Tebet 722 B.C. He claimed to be the descendant of the See also:early See also:kings, and accordingly assumed the name of a famous king of Babylonia who had reigned about 3000 years before him. His first achievement was the See also:capture of Samaria, 27,200 of its inhabitants being carried into captivity. Meanwhile See also:Babylon had revolted under a Chaldaean See also:prince, Merodach-baladan, who maintained his See also:power there for twelve years. In 720 B.C. Yahu-bihdi of Hamath led Arpad, See also:Damascus and See also:Palestine into revolt: this was suppressed, and the See also:Philistines and Egyptians were defeated at Raphia (mod. er-Rafa). In 719 B.C. Sargon defeated the Minni to the See also:east of See also:Armenia, and in 717 overthrew the combined forces of the See also:Hittites and Moschi (Old Testament Meshech). The Hittite See also:city of Carchemish was placed under an Assyrian See also:governor, and its See also:trade passed into Assyrian hands. The following See also:year Sargon was attacked by a See also:great confederacy of the See also:northern nations—See also:Ararat, the Moschi, Tibareni, &c.—and in the course of the See also:campaign marched into the See also:land of the See also:Medea in the direction of the See also:Caspian. In 715 B.C. the Minni were defeated, and one of their chiefs, Dayuku or Daiukku (See also:Deioces), transported to Hamath. In 714 B.C. the See also:army of Rusas of Ararat was annihilated, and a year later five Median chiefs, including Arbaku (See also:Arbaces) became tributary. See also:Cilicia and the Tibareni also submitted as well as the city of See also:Malatia, eastern See also:Cappadocia being annexed to the Assyrian See also:Empire. A See also:league was now formed between Merodach-baladan and the princes of the See also:west, but before the confederates could move, an Assyrian army was sent against Ashdod, and See also:Edom, See also:Moab and See also:Judah submitted to Sargon, who was thus See also:free to turn his See also:attention to Babylonia, and Merodach-baladan was accordingly driven from Babylon, where Sargon was crowned king. Shortly after this Sargon sent a statue of himself to See also:Cyprus and annexed the See also:kingdom of Commagene. He was murdered in 705 B.C., probably in the See also:palace he had built at Dur-Sargina, now See also:Khorsabad, which was excavated by P. E. See also:Botta. (A. H.
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