| Battle of Nineveh | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Assyria | Medes and their allies:
Susianians |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria | Cyaxares of Medes Nabopolassar of Babylonians |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Nineveh was fought in 612 BC. It witnessed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh being besieged, conquered, and sacked by allied forces of Medes, Scythians, Babylonians and Susianians. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria was killed in the sack.From then on, the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled the area till 539bc