Esarhaddon, in order not to appear too …
Years: 681BCE - 670BCE
Esarhaddon, in order not to appear too biased in favor of Babylonia, orders the reconstruction of the Assyrian sanctuary of Esharra in Ashur as well.
Foreigners are forbidden to enter this temple.
Both buildings are dedicated almost at the same date, in year two of his reign.
Locations
People
Groups
- Mesopotamia
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Babylon, Kingdom of
- Assyrian people
- Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE
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- Engineering
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- Labor and Service
- Conflict
- Faith
- Government
- Technology
