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Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning "Ashur has kept alive"), was the final ruler of Assyria, ruling from his predecessor Sîn-šar-iškun's death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC to his own defeat at Harran in 609 BC.
In history of Mesopotamia: Decline of the Assyrian empire. …the founder of the empire, Ashur-uballiṭ II (611–609 bce ). Ashur-uballiṭ had to face both the Babylonians and the Medes. They conquered Harran in 610, without, however, destroying the city completely. In 609 the remaining Assyrian troops had to capitulate.
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Ashur-uballit II, also spelled Aššur-uballiṭ II was famously the last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and succeeded the previous king Sin-shar-ishkun in 612 BC when he died during the brutal street to street fighting of the Battle of Nineveh during the Revolt of Babylon led by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares. He is known to have been a general ...
Aššur-uballiṭ or Ashur-uballit was one of two Assyrian kings: Ashur-uballit I or Aššur-uballiṭ I, reigned between 1365 and 1330 BC, was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire; Ashur-uballit II or Aššur-uballiṭ II, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, succeeding Sin-shar-ishkun (623–612 BC)
Aššur-uballiṭ II of Assyria according to Archival Sources Karen Radner, Munich The year 614 BC saw the capture of the city of Aššur, the religious and ideological nucleus of the Assyrian Empire, and the destruction and looting of the temple of its eponymous god.
- Karen Radner
Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning "Ashur has kept alive"), was the final ruler of Assyria, ruling from his predecessor Sîn-šar-iškun's death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC to his own defeat at Harran in 609 BC.
Aug 3, 2014 · It should not be dated earlier, for no similar document is attested in the entire Nuzi or Kirkuk corpora. It should not be dated later than the reign of Aššur-uballiṭ, since it has been demonstrated indirectly that it was Aššur-uballiṭ’s early aggressiveness that resulted in the downfall of Arrapḫa (Maidman 2011: 98-100, 124-125). [11]
