688-682 Sennacherib absent in Arabia.
681 Murder of Sennacherib by his sons Nergal-shar-eser and Adarmalik.
681 Esarhaddon (Asshur-akhe-iddin) succeeds his father.
681-672 Nine campaigns to repress rebellions in different parts of the empire.
672 Destruction of Sidon. City of Kar-Asshur-akhe-iddin built on the same spot.
670 Esarhaddon appears in Egypt to punish Tirhaqa. Memphis taken. The whole country surrenders to Esarhaddon who reorganises the government.
668 Esarhaddon abdicates. He appoints his son Shamash-shum-ukin viceroy of Babylonia, and another son, Asshurbanapal, receives the throne of Assyria.
Monuments.—The “Black Stone,” the stele of Zenjirli; other inscriptions.
668 Asshurbanapal begins his reign.