 | Dur-Sharrukin ("Fortress of Sargon"; Arabic: دور شروكين, Syriac: ܕܘܪ ܫܪܘ ܘܟܢ), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II... 28 KB (3,330 words) - 15:05, 7 March 2024 |
found on the threshold of the palace of Assyrian king Aššur-bāni-apli in Dur Šarrukin (now in the Louvre). The design becomes more widespread in the early... 26 KB (2,189 words) - 21:07, 28 February 2024 |
 | Sargon II (section Construction of Dur-Sharrukin) 717 to 707, Sargon constructed a new Assyrian capital named after himself, Dur-Sharrukin ('Fort Sargon'), which he made his official residence in 706. Sargon... 88 KB (11,403 words) - 00:29, 16 April 2024 |