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

Assyrian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general who, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• SHALMANESER [Ass. Sulmanu-afarid, " the god Sulman (Solomon) is chief "]

Shalmaneser IV., during the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria, seized the See also:

• CROWN

crown on the See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath of Tebet 722 B.C . He claimed to be the descendant of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

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 (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Samaria, 27,200 of its inhabitants being carried into captivity . Meanwhile See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon had revolted under a Chaldaean See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, Merodach-baladan, who maintained his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power there for twelve years . In 720 B.C . Yahu-bihdi of Hamath led Arpad, See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus and See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine into revolt: this was suppressed, and the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines and Egyptians were defeated at Raphia (mod. er-Rafa) . In 719 B.C . Sargon defeated the Minni to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, and in 717 overthrew the combined forces of the See also:

• HITTITES

Hittites and Moschi (Old Testament Meshech) . The Hittite See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Carchemish was placed under an Assyrian See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, and its See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade passed into Assyrian hands . The following See also:

• YEAR

year Sargon was attacked by a See also:

• GREAT

great confederacy of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern nations—See also:

• ARARAT
• ARARAT (Armen. Massis, Turk. Egri Dagh, i.e. " Painful Mountain," Pers. Koh-i-Nuh, i.e. " Mountain of Noah,")

Ararat, the Moschi, Tibareni, &c.—and in the course of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign marched into the See also:

• LAND

land of the See also:

• MEDEA (Gr. Mi/Seta)

Medea in the direction of the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian . In 715 B.C. the Minni were defeated, and one of their chiefs, Dayuku or Daiukku (See also:

• DEIOCES (O771.6rc17s)

Deioces), transported to Hamath . In 714 B.C. the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Rusas of Ararat was annihilated, and a year later five Median chiefs, including Arbaku (See also:

• ARBACES

Arbaces) became tributary .

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• CILICIA

Cilicia and the Tibareni also submitted as well as the city of See also:

• MALATIA (MALATIEH or Aspuzu)

Malatia, eastern See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia being annexed to the Assyrian See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . A See also:

• LEAGUE

league was now formed between Merodach-baladan and the princes of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, but before the confederates could move, an Assyrian army was sent against Ashdod, and See also:

• EDOM

Edom, See also:

• MOAB

Moab and See also:

• JUDAH

Judah submitted to Sargon, who was thus See also:

• FREE

free to turn his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

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
• CYPRUS, CHURCH OF

Cyprus and annexed the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Commagene . He was murdered in 705 B.C., probably in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace he had built at Dur-Sargina, now See also:

• KHORSABAD

Khorsabad, which was excavated by P . E . See also:

• BOTTA, CARLO GIUSEPPE GUGLIELMO (1766–1837)

Botta . (A . H .