Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. This article has been tagged since January 2007.

The Battle of Nineveh was fought in 612 BC. It witnessed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh being sacked, besieged and conquered by allied forces of Medes, Scythians, Babylonians and Susianians. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria was killed in the sack. Sinsharishkun was one of the last kings of the Assyrian empire. ... In the Middle Bronze Age Assyria was a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur (Akkadian: ; Hebrew: , Aramaic: ). Later, as a nation and empire that came to control all of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt and much of Anatolia, the term Assyria... Nabopolassar (Akkadian:Nabû-apal-usur) was the first king (626-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. ... Sinsharishkun was one of the last kings of the Assyrian empire. ... In the Middle Bronze Age Assyria was a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur (Akkadian: ; Hebrew: , Aramaic: ). Later, as a nation and empire that came to control all of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt and much of Anatolia, the term Assyria... Ashurnasirpal II, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Ashur-nasir-pal II (transliteration Ashshur-nâṣir-apli, meaning Ashur is guardian of the heir[1]) was king of Assyria from 884 BC-859 BC. Ashur-nasir-pal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II, in 884 BC. He conquered... King Jehu of Israel bows before Shalmanezer III of Assyria. ... Combatants Assyria An alliance of 12 Kings Commanders Shalmaneser III Hadadezer Strength Assyrian records claim 100,000 troops; modern scholars believe Assyrian forces were smaller 60,000 infantry, 2,450 chariots, 1,900 horsemen, 10,000 camel riders Kurkh stela of Shalmaneser that reports battle of Karkar The Battle of... Tiglath-Pileser III — stela from the walls of his palace (British Museum, London) Tiglath-Pileser III (Akkadian: Tukultī-Apil-Ešarra) was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 745–727 BC)[1][2] and is widely regarded as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sennacherib during his Babylonian war, relief from his palace in Nineveh Sennacherib (in Akkadian Śïn-ahhe-eriba (The moon god) Śïn has Replaced (Lost) Brothers for Me) was the son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (705 BC–681 BC). ... The hexagonal prism detailing the campaign of Sennacherib against Judah In 721 BCE, the Assyrian army captured the Israelite capital at Samaria and carried away the citizens of the northern kingdom into captivity. ... Combatants Elamites Babylonia Ellipi Assyria Commanders Mushezib-Marduk Sennacherib The Battle of Diyala River took place in 693 BC between the forces of the Assyrian empire and the Elamites of southern Persia. ... Esarhaddon (Greek and Biblical form; Akkadian Aššur-aha-iddina Ashur has given a brother to me), was a king of Assyria who reigned 681 BC-669 BC, the youngest son of Sennacherib and the Aramean queen Naqia (Zakitu), Sennacheribs second wife. ... Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal or Sardanapal, in Akkadian Aššur-bāni-apli, (b. ... Combatants Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt Neo-Assyrian empire Commanders Unknown Unknown Strength Unknown Considerably fewer Casualties Unknown Unknown The Fall of Ashdod refers to the successful Egyptian assault on the city of Ashdod in Palestine in c. ... Combatants Assyria Elam Commanders King Assurbanipal of Assyria King Teumann of Elam (until death in 655 BC) Strength Unknown Unknown, presumed equal at first before declining Casualties Unknown King Teumann, many other civilians and soldiers The Battle of Susa was a battle involving Assyrians and Elamites. ... Combatants Assyria Elam Commanders King Esarhaddon and later Assurbanipal of Assyria King Teumann of Elam (until death in 655 BC) Strength Unknown Unknown, presumed equal at first before declining Casualties Unknown King Teumann, many other civilians and soldiers The Fall of Elam refers to the events leading upto and including... Battle of Arrapha took place in 616 B.C. between the Assyrian forces and the Babylonias. ... Combatants Babylonia Media Assyria Commanders Nabopolassar Cyaxares Sin-Shar-Ishkun[2] Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties Unknown Extermination of the city[1] The Fall of Assur occurred when the first city and old capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell to a combined Median-Babylonian alliance. ... Combatants Babylonians Assyria Commanders Nabopolassar Ashur-uballit II Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties Unknown Unknown The Fall of Harran refers to the Babylonian siege and capture of the Assyrian city of Harran in 608 BC. // The Assyrians from 639 BC had been suffering a decline in their power, culminating in Neo... Combatants Egypt Assyria Babylonia Commanders Necho II Nebuchadrezzar II The Battle of Carchemish was fought between an allied army of Egyptians and Assyrians and the Babylonian army. ... 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... In the Middle Bronze Age Assyria was a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur (Akkadian: ; Hebrew: , Aramaic: ). Later, as a nation and empire that came to control all of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt and much of Anatolia, the term Assyria... , For other uses, see Nineveh (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Scythians (also Scyths, from Greek ), a nation of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who spoke an Iranian language[1], dominated the Pontic steppe throughout Classical Antiquity. ... Babylonia was an ancient state in Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Sinsharishkun was one of the last kings of the Assyrian empire. ... In the Middle Bronze Age Assyria was a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur (Akkadian: ; Hebrew: , Aramaic: ). Later, as a nation and empire that came to control all of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt and much of Anatolia, the term Assyria...

Popular Culture

• This battle makes an appearance as a scenario in the RTS game Age of Empires.

RTS may refer to: General Real-time strategy, a genre of video games Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, also known as the Reagan Test Site Reclaim the Streets, an anarchist organization The Rapid Transit Series, a long running bus model originally manufactured by General Motors Corporation Return to... Age of Empires, abbreviated to AoE or AOE, is a history-based real-time strategy computer game released in 1997. ...

References

External links

• Fall of Nineveh Chronicle