Fall of Nineveh

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Battle of Nineveh

Date	612 BC
Location	Nineveh
Result	Fall of Assyria

Belligerents

Medes and their allies:

Susianians

Commanders

King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria

Casualties and losses

King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria

Unknown

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Campaigns of the

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Rise of Neo-Assyria – Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II – Campaigns of Shalmaneser III – Qarqar – Campaigns of Tiglath Pileser III – Campaigns of Sargon II – Campaigns of Sennacherib – Lachish – Jerusalem – Diyala River – 1st Babylon – Campaigns of Esarhaddon – Campaigns of Ashurbanipal – Ashdod – Susa – Elam – 2nd Babylon – Arrapha – Assur – Nineveh – Harran – Carchemish

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.

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Categories: 7th century BC conflicts | Battles involving Assyria | Battles involving Medes | Battles involving Babylonia | 612 BC | Assyrian stubs | Battle stubs

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