اسرحدون
Also known as Aššur-aḫa-iddina
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (, also , meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 681 to 669 BC. The third king of the Sargonid dynasty, Esarhaddon is most famous for his conquest of Egypt in 671 BC, which made his empire the largest the world had ever seen, and for his reconstruction of Babylon, which had been destroyed by his father.
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- Died
- 668
- Works
- 6
Top works
- The history of Esarhaddon (son of Sennacherib) king of Assyria, B. C. 681-688
- Le prisme S d'Assaraddon, roi d'Assyrie 681-668
- The Babylonian correspondence of Esarhaddon, and letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-Šarru- Iškun from northern and central Babylonia
- Traktat sukcesyjny Asarhaddona, króla Asyrii, 681-669 p.n.e.
- Die Inschriften Asarhaddons, Königs von Assyrien
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Esarhaddon
- Royalty.native_lang1
- Akkadian
- Royalty.native_lang1_name1
- Aššur-aḫa-iddinaAššur-etel-ilani-mukinni
- Royalty.image
- File:Detail. Sam'al stele of Esarhaddon, 671 BCE, Pergamon Museum.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Esarhaddon, closeup from his victory stele, now housed in the Pergamon Museum
- Royalty.reign
- 12 regnal years681 BC (accession)680–669 BC (reign)