The reign of this ruler is chronicled in the Tale of Ahikar. This ruler's construction initiatives included the building of the city of Tarsus. He quashed the revolt of the Phoenician king Luli and his ally Shabaka, and other rebellions suppressed by this king include the one led by the Chaldean Maradoch-Baladan II and one of the governor Bel-ibni. Though he compelled trib
The reign of this ruler is chronicled in the Tale of Ahikar. This ruler's construction initiatives included the building of the city of Tarsus. He quashed the revolt of the Phoenician king Luli and his ally Shabaka, and other rebellions suppressed by this king include the one led by the Chaldean Maradoch-Baladan II and one of the governor Bel-ibni. Though he compelled tribute, this ruler was prevented by a plague from capturing (*) Jerusalem from Hezekiah. He had the Enuma-elish edited to replace Marduk with Ashur. This ruler was succeeded by his son Esarhaddon, and his major projects included the renovation of his capital, Nineveh. For 10 points, identify this son of Sargon II, who ruled the Assyrian empire from 704 to 681 BCE and is "destroyed" in a Byron poem.
The reign of this ruler is chronicled in the Tale of Ahikar.
Sennacherib [or Sin-akheeriba]