Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)

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Battle of Nineveh
Date 612 BC Location Nineveh Result Fall of Assyria
Belligerents
Assyria	Medes and their allies: Scythians Babylonians Susianians
Commanders
King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria	Nabopolassar
Casualties and losses
King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria	Unknown

v • d • e 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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• Fall of Nineveh Chronicle
• The fall of Nineveh