Sargon II

American  

noun

1. died 705 b.c., king of Assyria 722–705.

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Sargon II British  

/ ˈsɑːɡɒn /

noun

1. died 705 _bc , king of Assyria (722–705). He developed a policy of transporting conquered peoples to distant parts of his empire

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Example Sentences

It was the only factory in L.A. inspired by the abandoned palace of King Sargon II, parts of which are at the Louvre.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Assyrian King Sargon II wound a 6-ft. ramp around his 143-ft-tall Ziggurat at Khorsabad back in 706 B.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

He it was who discovered and succeeded in bringing to Chicago one of the magnificent, 40-ton stone bulls of King Sargon II.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Palace of Sargon II above Nineveh covered 25 acres and included more than 200 rooms and courtyards, including a brilliantly painted throne room, harem, service quarters, and guard room.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell

Queen Tiy and, 434 > goddesses as mother, wife, and daughter of god, 436; Sargon II and, 463; Esarhaddon and, 471; Ashur-bani-pal and, 486; Artaxerxes promotes, 497.Mothers, the twin, Isis and Nepthys as, 99.Moulton,

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander