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722 BCE - 705 BCEReign of Sargon II of Assyria.
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717 BCE - 707 BCEConstruction of the city of Dur-Sharrukin, decreed by Sargon II.
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713 BCE - 710 BCESargon II personally oversees construction of Dur-Sharrukin.
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706 BCESargon II moves into his new palace at Dur-Sharrukin, city is capital of Assyrian Empire (replacing Kalhu).
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705 BCEDeath of Sargon II, Sennacherib ascends to the throne.
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705 BCESennacherib moves the capital to Nineveh, Dur-Sharrukin is abandoned.
