What the records say
- When
- 614 BCE
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 35.46° N, 43.26° E
- Description
- when the first city and old capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell to Median led forces
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fall of Assur
614 BC battle
The fall of Assur, occurred when the first city and old capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell to Median, Babylonian, and other rebellion-led forces. The sack of the city that followed destroyed the city to some degree; however, it recovered during the Achaemenid Empire. The city remained occupied by Assyrians until the massacres of Tamurlane in the 14th century AD.
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