SENNACHERIB

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• Burned Babylon and ordered to have most of it inhabitants killed.
• The king of Assyria and was one of the four great kings of the late Assyrian empire.
• He bragged that he destroyed 89 cities and 820 villages

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• Took the throne from 705-681 BC.
• Was the son of Sargon II whom he succeeded
• He rebuilt Nineveh and destroyed Babylon

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• Two of his sons murdered him because they were jealous of their brother
• He liked architecture and rebuilt many places in order for his village to flourish