Visual Timeline: Zakutu

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728 BCE - 668 BCE: Life of Zakutu, wife of Sennacherib, mother of Esarhaddon, grandmother of Ashurbanipal; one of the only women in Assyrian history to commission building projects or issue treaties under her own name.
 
713 BCE: Zakutu is associated with the crown prince of Assyria Sennacherib.
 
683 BCE: Sennacherib chooses Zakutu's son, Esarhaddon, as his successor.
 
681 BCE: Sennacherib assassinated by two of his sons.
 
681 BCE - 669 BCE: Reign of King Esarhaddon, ascent of Zakutu as Queen Dowager.
 
677 BCE - 673 BCE: Zakutu commissions palace for Esarhaddon in Nineveh under her own name.
 
670 BCE - 668 BCE: Issuance of the Loyal Treaty of Queen of Assyria Naqia-Zakutu, ensuring the succession of Ashurbanipal as king.
 
669 BCE: Esarhaddon dies en route to Egypt to fortify his rule there.
 
668 BCE - 627 BCE: Reign of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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