WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Nineveh, (612 bce). Determined to end Assyrian dominance in Mesopotamia, Babylonia led an alliance in an attack against the Assyrian capital, Nineveh. The city was comprehensively sacked after a three-month siege, and Assyrian King Sinsharushkin was killed.

Detailed explanation-2: -The answer to “Whom did the Chaldeans defeat in 612 BC” is: The Chaldeans, also known as Neo-Babylonians, defeated the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Battle of Nineveh, dated between 613 and 611 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -First, the Chaldeans had taken over from the Assyrians whom they had defeated and established their empire, which lasted for 77 years followed by the Achaemenid dynasty, which was to rule Babylonia for the remaining period as part of their empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the reign of Ashurbanipal (669-631 BCE), the Assyrian Empire defeated the Medes and killed their king, Phraortes, in battle. After this defeat, the Medes were overrun by the Scythians who ruled Media for 28 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -Timeline of Chaldeans in Babylonia Here is a brief synopsis of some of the major losses and takeovers: 852 Conquered by the Assyrians. 780 Chaldean king, Marduk-apla-usur, usurps the Babylonian rule while Assyrians are quelling a revolt.