Sennacherib Timeline

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c. 713 BCE

Zakutu is associated with the crown prince of Assyria Sennacherib.
705 BCE - 681 BCE

Reign of king Sennacherib of Assyria.
705 BCE

Sennacherib moves capital from Dur-Sharrukin to Nineveh.
701 BCE

King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks the city of Lachish in Judah but fails to take the capital Jerusalem.
700 BCE - c. 698 BCE

Restoration of Nineveh, Sennacherib builds parks and possibly Hanging Gardens.
c. 698 BCE - c. 694 BCE

War with Elam and Babylon.
c. 694 BCE

Probable date of death of crown prince Ashur-nadin-shumi, heir to the throne.
689 BCE

Sack of Babylon, city is destroyed.
683 BCE

Sennacherib chooses Zakutu's son, Esarhaddon, as his successor.
681 BCE

Sennacherib assassinated by two of his sons.