Sargon II (Akkadian Šarru-ukin he [= the god] made firm the king Arabic: سرجون’ reigned 722 – 705 BC) was an Assyrian king. Sargon II became the ruler of the Assyrian Empire in 722 BC after the death of Shalmaneser V. It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III or a usurper unrelated to the royal family.
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