TY - BOOK ID - 15927956 TI - Sargon II, King of Assyria PY - 2017 VL - 22 SN - 9780884142249 9781628371772 1628371773 0884142248 9780884142232 PB - Atlanta SBL Press DB - UniCat KW - Sargon KW - Assyria KW - History. KW - History, Military. KW - Sargon, KW - סרגון, KW - 935.2 KW - 935.2 Geschiedenis van Assyrië, Assur, Ninive KW - Geschiedenis van Assyrië, Assur, Ninive KW - Assur (Kingdom) KW - Asshur (Kingdom) KW - Šarru-kīn KW - Šarru-kēn KW - Šarru-ukīn UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15927956 AB - Elayi's book is the only existing biography of Sargon II, the famous Assyrian king, who was a megalomaniac and a warlord. Among the most important questions addressed in the book are the following: what was his precise role in the disappearance of the kingdom of Israel? How did he succeed in enlarging the borders of the Assyrian Empire by several successful campaigns? How did he organize his empire (administration, trade, agriculture, libraries)? What was the so-called 'sin" of Sargon? ER -