Fall of Nineveh

Quand

612 av. J.-C.

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

36.36° N, 43.15° E

Description

612 BC battle that saw the fall of the Assyrian capital, and the climax of the Conquest of Assyria

Battle at the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Fall of Nineveh, also called the Battle of Nineveh, was a major battle that marked the climax of the Conquest of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC. After the Assyrian defeat at the Fall of Assur, an allied army which involved the combined forces of Medes and the Babylonians besieged Nineveh and took what was, at that time, one of the greatest cities in the world.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « An alliance of Medes, Persians, Scythians, Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh at the Battle of Nineveh »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Ninova Muharebesi : Babilliler, Medler, İskitler ve Susa'san oluşan müttefik bir ordu,Yeni Asur İmparatorluğu'nun başkenti Ninova'yı kuşatır ve fetheder »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Весна — Войска Киаксара и Набопаласара встречаются у Тигра »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source