Born
765 BC
Died
705 BC
Nationality
Assyrian
Events involving Sargon II (2)
722 BC
ID: 2762
Fall of Samaria - three-year siege ends, Northern Kingdom destroyed, ten tribes exiled by Assyria (Assyrian annals confirm)
ID: 2762
717 BC
ID: 4637
Sargon II builds new capital at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad) - never completed
ID: 4637