Sargon II (reigned 721-705 B.C.) was a ruler of Assyria, also known as Sharrukin II or Sharru -kin II. His palace was located at Dur Sharrukin, now known as Khorsabad. Under the rule o f Sargon the Assyrians completed the defeat of the Kingdom of Israel , capturing Samaria afte r a siege of three years and dispersing the inhabitants. This became the basis of the legen d of the Lost Ten Tribes.
Assimilated Israel into empire 722, conquered Urartu