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    the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 883 to 859 BCE. Ashurnasirpal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II. His son and successor was Shalmaneser III and...
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    The Stela of Ashurnasirpal II is an enormous Assyrian monolith that was erected during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II. The stela was discovered in the...
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    The Statue of Ashurnasirpal II is a rare example of Assyrian sculpture in the round that was found in the mid nineteenth century at the ancient site of...
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    Šalmanu-ašaredu II, who mentions him in one of his own inscriptions and later by another son, the long-reigning Aššur-rabi II. White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I Khorsabad...
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    Under Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC), Assyria once more became the dominant power of the Near East, ruling the north undisputed. Ashurnasirpal's campaigns...
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  • Ashurnasirpal may refer to: Ashurnasirpal I, king of Assyria from 1050 to 1031 BCE Ashurnasirpal II, king of Assyria from 884 to 859 BCE This disambiguation...
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    Assyria, as it had been since c. 2600 BC. The city gained fame when king Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC) of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC) made it his capital...
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    was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the primary consort of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC). She was probably also the mother of his son and successor...
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    The Neo-Assyrian Empire arose in the 10th century BC. Ashurnasirpal II is credited for utilizing sound strategy in his wars of conquest. While aiming to...
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    decorated the gardens with scenes of his military achievements. His son, Ashurnasirpal II, succeeded him. Chen, Fei (2020). Study on the Synchronistic King List...
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    beloved by the Assyrians as a formidable warrior. The Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (ruled 883–859 BC) built a massive temple for him at Kalhu, which became...
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    variously ascribed to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal I (c. 1040 BC), Tiglath-Pileser II (c. 950 BC) or Ashurnasirpal II (c. 870 BC). The obelisk was discovered...
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    of c. 852 BC & 879 BC that contain a description of the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and his son Shalmaneser III. The Monoliths were discovered in 1861...
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    overt sadism (unlike the inscriptions of some other kings, such as Ashurnasirpal II). Atrocities enacted by Assyrian kings were in most known cases directed...
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    buildings at Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil), dating to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) and Shalmaneser III (r. 859–824 BC). Their extensive...
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    pre-eminent") was king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Ashurnasirpal II in 859 BC to his own death in 824 BC. His long reign was a constant...
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    Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC), the Neo-Assyrian Empire became the dominant political power in the Near East. In his ninth campaign, Ashurnasirpal II...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II (/nɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/; Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר‎ Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar)...
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    as proofs of their might that they took pride in. Neo-Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) was evidently proud enough of his bloody work that...
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    foreign lands as well as his own. The title was introduced by the king Ashurnasirpal II in the variation šar mātāti šarhu, meaning "splendid" or "glorious...
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  • as their king while others pick Tibni. 883 BC—Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria. 881 BC—Tibni the son of Ginath...
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    Neo-Assyrian tradition of flaying human beings. Already from the times of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC), the practice is displayed and commemorated in both...
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    The obelisk was erected by either Ashurnasirpal I (1050–1031 BCE) or Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE). The obelisk bears an inscription that refers to the...
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  • to the throne. 884 BC: Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria. ~880 BC: Ashurnasirpal II moves the Assyrian capital...
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    1845 and 1851. At Nimrud, Layard discovered the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, as well as three other palaces and various temples. He later uncovered...
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    of large halls. The style apparently began after about 879 BC, when Ashurnasirpal II moved the capital to Nimrud, near modern Mosul in northern Iraq. Thereafter...
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  • succeeds his father Jeroboam I after he reigns of 22 years and dies. Ashurnasirpal II, king of Assyria, is born (approximate date). Omri, king of Israel...
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    the time of Ashurnasirpal I (r. 1049–1031 BC). The oldest of the surviving king-lists, List A (8th century BC) stops at Tiglath-Pileser II (r. 967–935...
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    most notable places where the genies existed were Ashurnasirpal II’s palace Kalhu and Sargon II’s palace Dur-Sharrukin. They appear in the reliefs of...
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    sometimes erroneously enumerated as Ashurbanipal II, out of confusion with the earlier Ashurnasirpal II, or as Ashurbanipal III, in succession to him (despite...
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