CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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Medes and Chaldeans
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Akkadians
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Sumerians
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The Kingdom of Israel
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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.
Detailed explanation-2: -About 630 Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans. In 626 he forced the Assyrians out of Uruk and crowned himself king of Babylonia. He took part in the wars aimed at the destruction of Assyria.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the end of the seventh century, the Assyrian empire collapsed under the assault of Babylonians from southern Mesopotamia and Medes, newcomers who were to establish a kingdom in Iran.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Persian Empire, under Cyrus II, defeated the Chaldean and conquered Babylon in 539 BC.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 612 B.C.E., the Chaldean Empire won the Battle of Nineveh. Nineveh was at that time the most powerful city in the Assyrian Empire. Therefore, scholars consider this victory as the end of the Assyrian Empire. Cyrus the Great invaded the Chaldean Empire in 539 B.C.E. and took over the city of Babylon.