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Sennacherib

740 BC - 681 BC

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Sennacherib (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀭𒌍𒉽𒈨𒌍𒋢, romanized: Sîn-aḥḥī-erība or Sîn-aḥḥē-erība, meaning "Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705 BC until his assassination in 681 BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the role he plays in the Hebrew Bible, which describes his campaign in the Levant. Other events of his reign include his destruction of the city of Babylon in 689 BC and his renovation and expansion of the last great Assyrian capital, Nineveh. Although Sennacherib was one of the most powerful and wide-ranging Assyrian kings, he faced considerable difficulty in controlling Babylonia, which formed the southern portion of his empire. Many of Sennacherib's Babylonian troubles stemmed from the Chaldean tribal chief Marduk-apla-iddina II, who had been Babylon's king until Sennacherib's father defeated him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sennacherib is the 845th most popular politician (down from 226th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 9th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Sennacherib is most famous for his siege of Jerusalem in the 8th century BCE.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sennacherib ranks 845 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden, Ferdinand I of Romania, Fredrik Bajer, Clementine Churchill, Moctezuma II, and Herod Agrippa II. After him are Roh Moo-hyun, Hans Frank, Mohammed Zahir Shah, Augustus III of Poland, Kurt Waldheim, and Ahmose I.

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Among people born in 740 BC, Sennacherib ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 681 BC, Sennacherib ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Sennacherib ranks 25 out of 384. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Ezra (-500), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Al-Ma'mun (786), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), and Muhammad al-Mahdi (869). After him are Sargon II (-750), Khosrow II (570), Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Belshazzar (-600), Ahmad Sanjar (1100), and Jalal Talabani (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Sennacherib ranks 12. Before him are Ashurbanipal (-685), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Nur ad-Din (1116), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Al-Ma'mun (786), and Alexander IV of Macedon (-323). After him are Sargon II (-750), Khosrow II (570), Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Jalal Talabani (1933), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), and Antiochus I Soter (-324).

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