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b'Synopsis: Rusa of Urartu wins early victories against Assyrian armies, but his intrigues in the Zagros kingdom of Mannea earn him Sargon\\u2019s wrath. After a crushing defeat by Cimmerian invaders, Rusa\\u2019s unable to prevent Sargon\\u2019s destruction of his kingdom.\\n\\u201cI caused there to be lamentation in the wide land Urartu and in all the mountains, and I made Rusa, their king, use flint blades, razors (and) scalpels to slash himself in mourning for as long as he lived. I made Musasir part of the territory of Assyria and assigned it to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the palace herald. The awesome splendor of the god Assur, my lord, overwhelmed Rusa, the Urartian, and so with his own iron dagger he stabbed himself in the heart like a pig and put an end to his life.\\u201d \\u2013 The Annals of Sargon II\\nMap of the Iron Age Near East:\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Near_East.jpg\\nMap of the Iron Age Zagros Mountains:\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Zagros_Enhanced.jpg\\nEpisode Images:\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C29_Images.pdf\\nReferences and Further Reading:\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C29_References.pdf\\nPlease contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'