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: -852 Conquered by the Assyrians. 780 Chaldean king, Marduk-apla-usur, usurps the Babylonian rule while Assyrians are quelling a revolt. 748 Babylonians retake control.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Babylonian Empire suffered major blows to its power when Nebuchadnezzar’s sons lost a series of wars with Assyria, and their successors effectively became vassals of the Assyrian king. Babylonia descended into a period of chaos in 1026 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -A new power, the Persians, arose to the east of Mesopotamia and defeated the Chaldeans in 539 BCE. The Persian victory was due to the talented leadership of their ruler, Cyrus the Great, and the weaker leadership of the Babylonian/Chaldean ruler, Nabonidus, who had alienated many of his supporters.