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Esarhaddon

King of Assyria (8th cenutury BCE – 669 BCE)

10 dated entries naming Esarhaddon, drawn from 9 separate years between 681 BCE and 668 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century BC

  • 681 BCE681 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.source
  • 680 BCE680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.source
  • 677 BCEEsarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.source
  • 677 BCEFrom this year to 676 BC, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, forced Tyre into tribute after campaigning in Khor and destroying Sidon in 679 BC.source
  • 676 BCEIn 679 BCE, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, campaigned in Khor, destroyed Sidon, and forced Tyre into tribute from 677 BCE to this year.source
  • 675 BCEKing Esarhaddon begins to rebuild Babylon (approximate date).source
  • 674 BCEEsarhaddon 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.source
  • 671 BCEKing 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.source
  • 669 BCEEsarhaddon dies in Harran while on his way to recover Egypt from the Kushites.source
  • 668 BCEShamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.source

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