The Battle of Nineveh was fought in 612 BC. The Assyrian capital of Nineveh was sacked by a force of Medes and Scythians. This battle makes an appearance as a scenario in Age of Empires. Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC Events and Trends 619 BC - Alyattes becomes king of Lydia 619 BC _ Death of Zhou xiang... This article concerns the Assyrian people. ... This article is about the ancient Middle Eastern city of Nineveh. ... The Medes were an Iranian stock, who lived in the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. ... Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ...