archaicwonder:Neo-Assyrian Relief of a Dignitary, Dur-Sharrukin, Late 8th Century BCDur-Sharrukin (“
archaicwonder:Neo-Assyrian Relief of a Dignitary, Dur-Sharrukin, Late 8th Century BCDur-Sharrukin (“Fortress of Sargon"), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. The great city was entirely built in the decade preceding 706 BC. After the unexpected death of Sargon in battle in 705 BC, the capital was shifted 12 miles south to Nineveh. -- source link
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