Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)
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battle-of-nineveh-612-bc-179-12719575
title:
Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)
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The Battle of Nineveh is conventionally dated between 613 and 611 BC, with 612 BC being the most supported date. Rebelling against the Assyrians, an allied army which combined the forces of Medes and the Babylonians besieged Nineveh and sacked 750 hectares of what was, at that time, one of the greatest cities in the world. The fall of Nineveh led to the destruction of the Neo-Assyrian Empire over the next three years as the dominant state in the Ancient Near East. Archeological records show that
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Battle at the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nineveh_(612_BC)
date created:
2005-11-07T14:56:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:28:46Z
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