{"product_id":"sennacherib-reign-and-legacy-aj-carmichael-9798232802219","title":"Sennacherib, Reign and Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eSennacherib was a king both feared and revered-remembered as the destroyer of Babylon, the besieger of Jerusalem, and the visionary who reshaped Nineveh into a jewel of the ancient world. In a time when Assyria stood as the iron heart of the Near East, he inherited not glory, but crisis: rebellion in Babylon, unrest in the west, and the divine scandal of his father Sargon II's unburied death. Yet from this turmoil, Sennacherib emerged not merely as a conqueror but as a builder of empire-constructing canals across deserts, raising \"The Palace Without a Rival,\" and transforming Nineveh into a city that mirrored heaven's order in stone, water, and light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is also a story of paradox and downfall. Sennacherib razed sacred cities, defied ancient gods, and wielded terror as statecraft-yet his own death came not on the battlefield, but at the hands of his sons within a temple's shadow. Revered in Assyrian inscriptions, condemned by Babylonian priests, and immortalized in the Hebrew Bible as the king who \"shut up Hezekiah like a bird in a cage,\" his legacy straddles legend and history. This book journeys beyond the throne-into the clay tablets, scriptures, ruins, and whispers that shaped his memory. It is a story of power and fragility, of cities built to last forever, and of how even the greatest of kings cannot conquer time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aj Carmichael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232802219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aj Carmichael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Aj Carmichael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931169276159,"sku":"9798232802219","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b8db3bd-afe8-41e1-a6b0-c4fb64f8731a.jpg?v=1766346922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sennacherib-reign-and-legacy-aj-carmichael-9798232802219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}