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Fall of the Assyrian Empire

626 BCE – 605 BCE

Combined Babylonian and Median forces destroyed the Assyrian heartland. The Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC ended the greatest empire of the ancient Near East.

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Fall of the Assyrian Empire

626 BCE – 605 BCE

Combined Babylonian and Median forces destroyed the Assyrian heartland. The Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC ended the greatest empire of the ancient Near East. Nebuchadnezzar sealed Babylon's dominance at Carchemish.

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