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Nabopolassar (121 words) |
 | He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire[?] (Which had ruled Babylon for the last 200 years) in 625 BC after the last really powerful Assyrian king, Assur-bani-pal died in 627 BC[?]. |
| Nabopolassar was left in control of Nineveh and destroyed the remnants of the Assyrian Empire in 609 BC. |
| In 605 BC his son Nebuchadnezzar won the Battle of Carchemish[?] shortly before Nabopolassar died. |
| Cyrus I of Anshan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (538 words) |
| The war between the two brothers ended in 648 BC with the defeat and reported suicide of Shamash-shum-ukin. |
| In 612 BC the two managed to capture the Assyrian capital Nineveh. |
| This was effectively the end of the Assyrian Empire though remnants of the Assyrian army under Ashur-uballit II (612 - 609 BC) continued to resist from Harran. |
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