Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)
- Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Nineveh
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caption=
date=612 BC
place=Nineveh
result=Fall of Assyria
combatant1=Assyria
combatant2= Medes and their allies:
Scythians
Babylonians
Susianians
commander1=King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria
commander2=Nabopolassar
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria
casualties2=Unknown
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.
References
External links
* [http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nineveh/nineveh02.html Fall of Nineveh Chronicle]
* [http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nineveh/nineveh01.html The fall of Nineveh]
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