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  Sargon II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 717 BC he conquered parts of the Zagros mountains and the Hittite city of Carchemish on the Upper Euphrates.
In 716 BC he moved against the kingdom of Mannai, where the ruler Aza, son of Iranzu, had been deposed by Ullusunu with the help of the Urartians.
The eighth campaign of Sargon against Urartu in 714 BC is well known from a letter from Sargon to the god Ashur (found in the town of Assur, now in the Louvre) and the bas-reliefs in the palace of Dur-Sharrukin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sargon_II   (1372 words)

  
 700s BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
704 BC - Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyira to Nineveh.
700 BC - End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of the Etruscan civilization.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/700s_BC   (184 words)

  
 Near Eastern Chronology
2340-2316 BC Reign of Lugalzegesi, ruler of Uruk, Umma, and Sumer.
2334-2279 BC Reign of Sargon of Akkad, beginging of Akkadian Dyansty.
2144-2122 BC Reign of Gudea, ruler of Lagash.
www.hixenbaugh.net /hixenbaugh_ancient_art_website_197.htm   (116 words)

  
 Erebuni | Armenia Travel | TourArmenia | Travel Guide to Armenia
By the reign of Rusa I, begun in 735 BC, Urartu was in continual threat of attack from Assyria to the South, internal dissension among feudal states within the kingdom, and a new threat from migrating Cimmerians from the North.
An attempt by Rusa to move to the rear of the Assyrian army and attack was thwarted when the Assyrians received a tip from a spy in the Urartu camp, and completely annihilated the Urartian forces in a mountain gorge.
BC, Urartu and Assyria were both exhausted by constant warfare.
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 huns origin of
BC 697-677), during the 10th year reign, exterminated Gui-rong (Shanggui of Longxi) and Ji-rong (Tiansui Commandary), and the next year, exterminated Du-bo Fief (southeast of Xi'an), Zheng-guo Fief (Zheng-xian County) and Xiao-guo Fief (an alternative Guo Fief, different from the Guo domain conferred by Zhou King Wenwang onto his brother, Guo-shu).
BC 668-660 ?) who was notorious for indulging in raising numerous birds called 'he' (cranes), and the barbarians cut him into pieces.
In 444 BC, Qin Lord Ligong attacked Yiqu-rong barbarians in the areas of later Qingzhou and Ningzhou and captured the Yiqu-rong king.
www.findthelinks.com /history/Huns_Turks/origin_of_huns.htm   (5885 words)

  
 Olympic Games History - Olympic-Legacy.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
By the 10th century BC, it was an established center for worship, and religious activities had blossomed by the late 8th century BC.
Around the time of the 19th Olympiad (704 BC), various improvements were made to Olympia, including several wells to the east and changes to the northern boarders.
The first classical construction was the temple of Zeus (472-457 BC), a magnificent structure that stood as the spectacular centerpiece of Olympia for the remainder of its history.
www.mediaconcerto.com /olympic/olympia/index.php   (3173 words)

  
 Qin Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ...
BC 659-621) in escorting him to the throne at Jinn, with a promise of seceding to Qin 8 cities to the west of Yellow River.
In the autumn of 636 BC, the brother of Zhou King Xiangwang, Shu-dai, hired the Di barbarians in attacking the Zhou court.
In 473 B.C., the Wu Principality was annexed by Yüeh.
www.uglychinese.org /qin.htm   (14819 words)

  
 bible.org: ISBE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In 694 BC Sennacherib attacked the Elamites, who were in league with the Babylonians.
In 691 BC Sennacherib again directed his attention to the South, and at Khalute fought with the combined forces.
In 681 BC Sennacherib was murdered by his two sons (2 Ki 19:37; see SHAREZER).
www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=7812   (645 words)

  
 Genesisarchaeologicalanomalies
Asshur continued to be the capital until the 9th century BC when Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) moved the capital to Calah.
Their distinctive pottery was found at Tel  Haror in the 12th century BC levels which are contemporary with Beersheba's founding.
The evidence for a very impresive occupation and a city with all the appurtences of prosperity is overwhelming during the Neo-Assyrian period and is supported by the records in the Assyrian annals, and 8th century BC biblical references to Bozrah (especially Amos 1:12)." (pp.
www.bibleorigins.net /Genesisarchaeologicalanomalies.html   (2561 words)

  
 LIBRARY
Note that the warrior in the machine on the right is using water to douse fire (probably from a flaming arrow or torch).
In this detail, a six-wheel "heavy" battering ram is used to assault the gate of Bit-Adini (Til Barsip).
The effectiveness of the rams was increased by having several machines massed against a single point of a fortification.
intranet.dalton.org /ms/6th/archaeotype_library/batteringx.html   (537 words)

  
 Nineveh
Holding an important position on the main river crossing in the fertile northern Mesopotamian plain but only intermittently governed by local rulers, Nineveh was dominated in the 3d millennium BC by the Agade and Ur empires and in the 2d millennium by the Mitanni and Kassite empires.
With the rise of Assyrian power in the late 2d millennium, the city became a royal residence and was finally established as the capital by King Sennacherib (r.
About B.C. 633 the Assyrian empire began to show signs of weakness, and Nineveh was attacked by the Medes, who subsequently, about B.C. 625, being joined by the Babylonians and Susianians, again attacked it, when it fell, and was razed to the ground.
mb-soft.com /believe/txh/nineveh.htm   (1496 words)

  
 grapplingstyles
Its history is believed to go back as far as 2000 B.C. It is believed that more than 2000 years before the Ch'in dynasty (221 B.C.), Shuai-chiao, then known as Chiao-ti, was first used as a battlefield art.
Shuai-chiao's earliest recorded use was by the Yellow Emperor of China, 2697 B.C. against the rebel enemy Chih-yiu and his army.
Japanese forms of grappling started around 500 B.C. According to the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, a book of legends from the year 712, which is the oldest extant example of Japanese writing), Takemikazuchi defeats Takeminakata in a grappling match on the shores of Izumo (today's Shimane Prefecture) for the control over the Izumo territory.
www.kobukaijujitsu.com /grapplingstyles.html   (3868 words)

  
 History of SPORTS AND GAMES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Both boxing and wrestling are particularly associated in the ancient world with the Greeks (though wrestling in Egypt is depicted much earlier).
The traditional date for its emergence is the 6th century BC, when Persian horsemen are an important element in the rapid expansion of the empire - both on the battlefield and in a network of long-range communication.
A sculpted relief, set into a wall in Athens in the 5th century BC, provides a glimpse of an early game of hockey.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2274&HistoryID=ac02   (1049 words)

  
 Engineering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Southwest Asia, among the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers circa 3,000 BC, saw the birth of Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization of the Ancient Near East.
Sumuabum¹s kingdom grew with the Amorite Dynasty, culminating in the ascension to king of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC).
Babylon was reduced to a secondary city as rulers of the Neo-Assyrian Period such as Tigaleth-Pileser III (744- 727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726-722) would make other areas of Mesopotamia their capitals.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~cjeffrey/finalproject/Babylon1.html   (590 words)

  
 Archaeology Wordsmith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Amarna Letters (diplomatic correspondence between Egypt and the Levant in the mid-14th century BC) are written in Babylonian, a late form of Akkadian.
The English word Bible is derived from Byblos as "the (papyrus) book." Excavations revealed that Byblos was occupied at least by the Neolithic period (c 8000-4000 BC) and that an extensive settlement developed during the 4th millennium BC.
During Egypt's 12th dynasty (1938-1756 BC), Byblos became an Egyptian dependency, and the chief goddess of the city, Baalat, with her well-known temple at Byblos, was worshipped in Egypt.
www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=Akkadian   (683 words)

  
 Connecting the 19th with the 26th Dynasty
He was installed king by Assurbanipal in 665 BC but the designation `I (one)' actually belongs more properly to the previous Ramses Siptah, one of the three brothers, who reigned briefly a few decades earlier.
Here sealed destruction layers attributable to the Babylonian conquests of the late seventh century BC contain sherds some of which can be directly paralleled at the nearby coastal site of Mesad Hashavyahu, a site that is generally interpreted as a garrison of Greek mercenaries.
His contemporaries during his lengthy reign (665-609 BC) in revised view were Assurbanipal (668-627 BC), Assuruballit II (627 to the destruction of Niniveh) in Assyria.
www.specialtyinterests.net /seti1.html   (8440 words)

  
 Khorsabad, Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Khorsabad or Dar Sharrukin is the 4th capital of the Kingdom of Assyria, located 15 km to the north east of Mosul, and built by King Sargon II (722-705 BC) as a center of his reign.
It was constructed with a square form surrounded by a fence that comprises 150 towers and 8 entrances.
Ironically, this city was not lived in for long as King Sargon II was killed only one year after he had moved into it, and his son Sennacherib went back to Nineveh and carried away with him many of its sculptures to decorate his palace there.
www.atlastours.net /iraq/khorsabad.html   (246 words)

  
 hockeyjournal.com
BC’s Jerry York is 8-6 in his seven ’Pot appearances, his first championship coming last year.
BC’s Tim Kelleher (struggled against BU, may be replaced with frosh Matti Kaltiainen), Jeff Guiliano (13 points in last 10 games), and Bill Cass (BC’s active Beanpot scoring leader with 0-3-3).
This works in BC’s favor, because even without Eaves the Eagles’ offense might still be better than the Terriers, which has been to fade into nothing at times.
www.hockeyjournal.com /heast/200202/erik2.html   (1384 words)

  
 Bankruptcy - Filing & Exemptions
Property that is not property of the bankruptcy estate, BC §541.
However, where there is extrinsic evidence of actual intent by the debtor to defraud his creditors (which usually means an egregious fact situation), the discharge in bankruptcy may be denied under BC §727.
For the average debtor, who does not have nonexempt property of great value, there is usually little to no risk in converting assets to exempt assets, and in fact failing to do so might lead to a claim of malpractice.
www.west.net /~ivguy/bk5.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Nineveh, Iraq
(704-681 BC) and was one of the most powerful cities of the Middle East: the hub of the civilized ancient World.
Its downfall came in 612 BC, when it was sacked by the Medes of Northern Persia whom killed the last great king of Nineveh, Ashurbanipal (669-624 BC).
On one of the two most prominent mounds of Nineveh ruins, rises the Mosque of Prophet Younis "Biblical Jonah" (pbuh), the son of Amittai, from the 8th century BC which is believed to be the burial place of him, and where King Esarhaddon had once built a palace.
www.atlastours.net /iraq/nineveh.html   (451 words)

  
 Spices, Gold and Precious Stones: The South Arabian Spice Trade
The first mention in the historical texts of the Sabaeans and the goods that were involved in the caravan trade is in an Assyrian text, dating to the mid-eighth century BC, which describes the seizure of a camel caravan by the governor of Suhu and Mari on the middle Euphrates.
It has been suggested that the traders from Saba and Tayma (an important way station on the incense route) were exchanging their incense for Phoenician textiles, iron, etc. in the Levant and then were travelling eastwards to exchange some of these goods with the Assyrians.
We also know from the eighth century, Assyrian texts of Sargon II (721-705 BC) and Sennacherib (704-681 BC) that "tributes" were arriving from the Sabaeans, in the form of aromatic substances, gold and precious stones.
www.fathom.com /course/21701787/session2.html   (1265 words)

  
 DBM to DBA Armies (Book 1 -- Armies up to 500 BC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Mesopotamian, Ur III (2112-2004 BC): 1 LCH* or Bw4, 2 Sp4 or 2 Pk4 or 2 Ax4, 4 Pk4 or 4 Sp4, 1 Ax3 or Ps2 (Highlanders), 1 Ax3 or Bw3 or Ps2 (Highlanders, Elamite), 3 Ps2.
Hittites (1380-1200 BC): 3 HCH*, 2 LCH (Syrian or Anatolian), 2 Ax4, 1 Ax3 or Wb3 (anatolian vassals), 2 Hd(ax6) (Syrian spearmen), 1 Ps2 or Bw3 (Syrian archers), 1 Ps2 (anatolian archers).
Mesopotamian, New Assyrian Kingdom (680-609 BC): 2 HCH*, 2 Cv3, 2 Sp4, 1 Ax4 or Ax3, 4 Ps2, 1 LCH or Ax4 (Kallapani chariot) or Bw4 (Elamite or Egyptian).
www.fanaticus.org /dba/armies/dbmdbabk1.html   (2274 words)

  
 A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR HISTORY
The Exodus followed Jubilee #70 in 1438 BC, Solomon’s Temple was dedicated in Jubilee #80 in 949 BC, Ezra’s restored the people after Jubilee #90 in 508 BC and Jesus was crucified after Jubilee #100 in AD 33.
This was about 624 BC shortly before the Babylonian captivity.
From 606 BC to AD 32 the Jubilee announced by Jesus, there were 637 years, exactly thirteen Jubilee periods.
www.scripturescholar.com /JubileeTimetable.htm   (4589 words)

  
 LIBRARY
Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III (745 - 727 BC)
Detail of the siege of the Judaean city of Lachish in 700 BC.
Palace (Southwest) of Sennacherib (704 - 681 BC)
intranet.dalton.org /ms/6th/archaeotype_library/pavisx.html   (115 words)

  
 Bach: Toccata & Fugue in Dm; Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C
Prelude and Fugue, for organ in B minor, BWV 544 (BC J27)
Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott (II), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 704 (BC K153)
Prelude and Fugue, for organ in E minor ("Cathedral"), BWV 533 (BC J18)
www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1268216&type=cl   (375 words)

  
 Manuscripts & Archives
BC 46 : N P Van Wyk Louw (1906-1970)
Dr Bleek (1827-75) was a pioneer in the study of African linguistics and ethnology, and this collection contains some sections which deal with the traditional medicine of the Bushmen.
MS letter from Perseus Adams, letter re English Association Meeting which he was to address, publisher's and other blurbs about his newly - published book of poetry, Grass for the Unicorn.
www.lib.uct.ac.za /mss/index.php?action=showsubjects&subjid=9   (464 words)

  
 District 19: Top Masterpoint Holders
K106558 16 Mrs Anna K Boivin, Victoria BC......................
P571984 72 Mrs Evelyn R Hodge, Burnaby BC......................
Q086893 85 Mrs Stella K Alliston, North Vancouver BC...........
www.d19.org /Archives/040802.html   (219 words)

  
 Assyrian Foundation of America - Articles
Akhiqar was a wise and virtuous man, Chancellor or Secretary at the court of the Assyrian Kings Sennacherib (704-681 BC) and Esarhaddon (680-669 BC).
The story of Akhiqar and his proverbial wisdom influenced the development of Jewish wisdom literature early in the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC to 3rd century AD).
My son, thou hast been to me like the mole that came up out of the earth that it might see the sun, though he had no eyes; and a eagle saw him and struck him and carried him off.
www.assyrianfoundation.org /akhiqar.htm   (2631 words)

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