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They then besieged Assur. This siege was successful and the Medes captured the ancient heart of Assyria, plundering it and killing many of its inhabitants. The brutal sack of Assur came as a shock to people throughout the Near East.
The Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire was the last war fought by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, between 626 and 609 BC. Succeeding his brother Ashur-etil-ilani ( r. 631–627 BC), the new king of Assyria, Sinsharishkun ( r. 627–612 BC), immediately faced the revolt of one of his brother's chief generals, Sin-shumu-lishir, who ...
- 626–609 BC
- Middle East
- Medo-Babylonian victory, Fall of the Assyrian Empire
Sin-shar-ishkun was a king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire between 627 BC and the collapse of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC following the Battle of Nineveh. He was the son of the last great king of Assyria named Ashurbanipal and was a weak and ineffective ruler that was unable to prevent the Revolt of Babylon which saw the complete decimation of ...
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He emulated women in dress, voice, and mannerisms, passing his days spinning and making clothing. According to legend, he was responsible for the downfall of Assyria at the hands of an army of Medes, Persians, and Babylonians headed by Arbaces, a Median chief.
Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II [4] ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, [5] [6] meaning " Ashur has kept alive"), [6] 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. [7] .
Sîn-šar-iškun (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Sîn-šar-iškun or Sîn-šarru-iškun, meaning "Sîn has established the king") was the penultimate king of Assyria, reigning from the death of his brother and predecessor Aššur-etil-ilāni in 627 BC to his own death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC.
Sîn-šar-iškun ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Sîn-šar-iškun or Sîn-šarru-iškun, meaning " Sîn has established the king") was the penultimate king of Assyria, reigning from the death of his brother and predecessor Aššur-etil-ilāni in 627 BC to his own death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC.
