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Sep 4, 610
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Jan 1, 612
BC Nineveh is sacked and burned by combined forces of Babylonians and Medes
The Battle of Nineveh is dated between 613 to 611 BC, with 612 BC being the most supported date. This battle came towards the end of many years of fighting between the Assyrians and the Babylonians. King Nabopolasser of the Babylonians teamed up with the Medes and laid seige on Nineveh, the capitol of Assyria, for three months before Nineveh fell. The fall of Nineveh was shocking to the rest of the ancient world. Assyria wasn't completely defeated until a few years later. -
Jan 1, 647
BC fall of Babylon the Ashurbanipal.
Towards the end of the seige of Babylon, Ashurbanipal defeated his brother and Babylon. Shamash-shum-ukin set himself on fire to avoid being captured. Ashurbanipal then set an Assyrian government official named Kandalu on the throne of Babylon. -
Jan 1, 653
BC Babylon rebels, Siege of Babylon
Esarhaddon named his son Ashurbanipal to be his successor as King of Assyria. He also named his other son Shamash-shum-ukin to be King of Babylon. The two brothers started out working together, but Shamash-shum-ukin and Babylon rebelled against Ashurbanipal in 653. Ashurbanipal attacked and laid seige on Babylon for 4 years. -
Sep 2, 706
BC Sargon 2 Returns from Babylon and moves into palace in Dur-sharrukin
In 707 BC, Sargon II received word that his new capitol city was completed. In 706, he left Babylon and moved into Dur-sharrukin. Sargon II then roled from this city. -
Sep 3, 710
BC Sargon 2 Resides at Babylon and Rules Assyria from Babylonian court
Having conquered the south, Sargon II marched to Babylon and claimed kingship. He ruled his whole kingdom from Babylon. He ruled there for 3 years. -
Sep 4, 710
BC Sargon II Conquers Babylon and the Southern Territories
After the Babylons and the Elamites defeated Sargon II in 718BC returned to Kalhu and set his administration in order. In the 8 years following, Built a new capital city and comcerd a few lands, but he still did not have control over Babylon. By 710, he felt confident enough to march on and defeat Babylon. -
BC Esarhaddon decrees restoration of Babylon
Esarhaddon is the son and successor to Sennacherib. He seemed to have a different leadership style from his father. One of his first decrees was to restore the City of Babylon. -
BC Sack of Babylon, City is destroyed
THere were many years of struggle between Assyria on the one side, and Babylon and Elam. Sennacherid rueld not caring much about Babylonion cultures. In 689 he atacked and distroyed Babylon. -
BC War with Elam and Babylon
Between 698 and 694 BC Sennacerib (the son and successor to Sargon II) fought with the Elamites and Babylon for control of Babylon and the southern countries. The Elamites and the Babylonions under estimated Sennacerib. In 694, Babylon was once more defeated. -
BC Sargon 2 Defeated at Babylon by Elamites
Sargon II was the son of and a successor to Tiglath Pileser III. He was therefore King of both Assyria and Babylon. In 718, Babylon teams up with the Elamites and defeats the Army of Sargon II. So, Babylon regains freedom from the Assyrians. -
BC Tiglath Pileser 3 crowns himself King of Babylon
Tiglath Pileser III was the King of Assyria. Around 729 BC, Assyria captured and occupied Babylon. Merging the two nations, Tiglath Pileser III crowns himself King of Babylon. -
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