{"slug": "esarhaddon", "label": "Esarhaddon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esarhaddon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193912", "qid": "Q193912", "description": "King of Assyria (8th cenutury BCE – 669 BCE)", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [-680, -667], "span_label": ["681 BCE", "668 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "assyria", "label": "Assyria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sennacherib", "label": "Sennacherib", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tyre-lebanon", "label": "Tyre, Lebanon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sidon", "label": "Sidon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ascalon", "label": "Ascalon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "neo-assyrian-empire", "label": "Neo-Assyrian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pharaoh", "label": "Pharaoh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "memphis-egypt", "label": "Memphis, Egypt", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -680, "year_label": "681 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "681 BC—Sennacherib's second wife, Naqi'a (Zakitu), uses her wiles and influences to have the imperial council appoint her son Esarhaddon as her husband's successor in preference to the young man's two older brothers, who flee to Urartu (Armenia). Esarhaddon, unlike his father, is friendly toward Babylon and orders her reconstruction.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368318910#Events_and_trends", "title": "680s BC", "revid": 1368318910, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -679, "year_label": "680 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368318910#Events_and_trends", "title": "680s BC", "revid": 1368318910, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -676, "year_label": "677 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510276#Events", "title": "677 BC", "revid": 1370510276, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -676, "year_label": "677 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "From this year to 676 BC, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, forced Tyre into tribute after campaigning in Khor and destroying Sidon in 679 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510276#Events", "title": "677 BC", "revid": 1370510276, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -675, "year_label": "676 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In 679 BCE, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, campaigned in Khor, destroyed Sidon, and forced Tyre into tribute from 677 BCE to this year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510319#Middle_East", "title": "676 BC", "revid": 1370510319, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -674, "year_label": "675 BCE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "King Esarhaddon begins to rebuild Babylon (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510298#Middle_East", "title": "675 BC", "revid": 1370510298, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -673, "year_label": "674 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Esarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510247#Events", "title": "674 BC", "revid": 1370510247, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -670, "year_label": "671 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt and withdraws.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510320#Events", "title": "671 BC", "revid": 1370510320, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -668, "year_label": "669 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Esarhaddon dies in Harran while on his way to recover Egypt from the Kushites.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372394221#Events", "title": "669 BC", "revid": 1372394221, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -667, "year_label": "668 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Shamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510235#Middle_East", "title": "668 BC", "revid": 1370510235, "section": "Events › By Place › Middle East"}}]}