Dur-Sharrukin Timeline

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722 BCE - 705 BCE

Reign of Sargon II of Assyria.
717 BCE - 707 BCE

Construction of the city of Dur-Sharrukin, decreed by Sargon II.
713 BCE - 710 BCE

Sargon II personally oversees construction of Dur-Sharrukin.
706 BCE

Sargon II moves into his new palace at Dur-Sharrukin, city is capital of Assyrian Empire (replacing Kalhu).
705 BCE

Death of Sargon II, Sennacherib ascends to the throne.
705 BCE

Sennacherib moves the capital to Nineveh, Dur-Sharrukin is abandoned.