Sennacherib's Southern Front: 704-689 B.C
| Autor: | Louis D. Levine |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 34:28-58 |
| ISSN: | 2325-6737 0022-0256 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1359991 |
| Popis: | Sennacherib, king of Assyria, ruled over much of western Asia for twenty-four years, from 704 to 681 B.C. The royal inscriptions of Sennacherib's reign, as do those of most of the neo-Assyrian kings, center around his military exploits and public works projects. The latter have recently been discussed by Reade.' In this study, I will focus on a portion of Sennacherib's military campaigns, those directed against areas to the south of Assyria. Unlike most of the other Sargonids, whose campaigns ranged widely over the map of greater Mesopotamia and the Levant, Sennacherib's military efforts are focused on the south and on problems related thereto.2 In the latest of his "annalistic" inscriptions found thus far, six of the eight girru's or campaigns (all but the third and fifth), are directed southward, and the one to the Levant, the third girru, seems to have been at least tangentially connected with events in Babylonia.3 Two other girru's postdate the final events described in the "annals," one against the Arabs on the western border of Babylonia,4 and one which resulted in the destruction of Babylon.5 Both of these can also be considered part of the southern strategy of Sennacherib. Only one of the standard girru's, the fifth, and two in which the king did not personally participate, were not |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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