Sargon II
type: Q729
type: Q215627
type: Q19088
type: Eukaryote
type: Species
type: Person
type: Animal
type: Thing
type: NaturalPerson
type: Q5
label: Sargon II.a @eu
label: Шаррукін II @uk
label: 薩爾貢二世 @zh
label: Sargão II @pt
label: Саргон II @ru
label: Šarru-kīn II. @de
label: Sargon II. @cs
label: Sargon la 2-a @eo
label: سرجون الثاني @ar
label: サルゴン2世 @ja
label: Sargón II @es
label: Σαργών Β΄ @el
subject: Category:8th-century BC births
subject: Category:Book of Isaiah people
subject: Category:8th-century BC Assyrian kings
subject: Category:700s BC deaths
subject: Category:8th-century BC kings of Babylon
subject: Category:Samaritan culture and history
subject: Category:Monarchs killed in action
subject: Category:Sargon II
subject: Category:Year of birth uncertain
subject: Category:Kings of the Universe
subject: Category:Monarchs in the Hebrew Bible
child: Sennacherib
parent: Iaba, Banitu and Atalia
parent: Tiglath-Pileser III
predecessor: Shalmaneser V
spouse: Iaba, Banitu and Atalia
successor: Sennacherib
alt: Sargon's portrait on a rock relief
father: Tiglath-Pileser III
issue: At least four others
issue: Sennacherib
issue: Ahat-abisha
mother: Iaba, Banitu and Atalia
succession: King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
after: Sennacherib
author: Excerpt from a letter sent by Sargon II summoning a cavalry regiment to participate in a campaign
author: Excerpt from inscription by Sargon after the foundation of Dur-Sharrukin illustrating his hope to reside in the city for a long time.
native lang1 name: Šarru-kīn
active years start year: 0722
death place: Tabal (state)
text: This is a royal order of great emergency! Assemble the commanders and the horsemen of your cavalry unit immediately! Whoever is late will be impaled in the middle of his own house, and his sons and daughters too will be slaughtered, which will then be the fault of his own! Don't delay! Drop everything and come straight away!
title: King of Assyria
title: King of the Universe
title: King of Babylon
title: King of the Four Corners of the World
title: King of Sumer and Akkad
quote: May the ruler, its builder, reach and attain the old age, and posterity, may its founder live into the distant days ... may he who dwells therein, make jubilation in health of body, joy of heart, well-being of soul; may he have abundance of luck.
description: king of Assyria (722-705 B.C)
description: ассирийский царь @ru
description: Sargão II em uma arte assíria @pt
description: شاه آشور (٧٢٢-٧٠۵ پیش از میلاد) @fa
description: asyrský král (722–⁠705 př. n. l.) @cs
description: Assyrian kuningas (721–705 eaa.) @fi
description: soeverein uit Assyrische Rijk (765v Chr-705v Chr) @nl
description: asszír uralkodó @hu
description: rey Asirio @es
description: MÖ 722 - MÖ 705 yılları arasında hüküm sürmüş Asur kralı @tr
description: Assiriese koning @af
description: اشوریہ کا بادشاہ (722-705 قبل مسیح) @ur
description: roi d'Assyrie @fr
description: König des neuassyrischen Reiches @de
description: إمبراطور آشورى سابق @ar
wiki page external link: https://www.academia.edu/444981%7Cauthor-link=Karen
wiki page external link: https://www.academia.edu/857590%7Cjournal=JEOL%7Cvolume=25%7Cpages=56%E2%80%9366%7Cauthor-link=Bert
wiki page external link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/42614666%7Cjournal=Biblica%7Cvolume=87%7Cissue=2%7Cpages=153%E2%80%93170%7Cjstor=42614666
wiki page external link: https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=MFWy9mfqmSMC%7Ctitle=A