{"slug": "ashurbanipal", "label": "Ashurbanipal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashurbanipal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171191", "qid": "Q171191", "description": "Assyrian ruler", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [-684, -630], "span_label": ["685 BCE", "631 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "assyria", "label": "Assyria", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "elam", "label": "Elam", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "upper-egypt", "label": "Upper Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "memphis-egypt", "label": "Memphis, Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nile-delta", "label": "Nile Delta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persian-people", "label": "Persian people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-people", "label": "Arab people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -684, "year_label": "685 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "685 BC—Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria (d. c. 627 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368318910#Births", "title": "680s BC", "revid": 1368318910, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -667, "year_label": "668 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal puts down an Egyptian rebellion. He drives out Egypt's Ethiopian king Taharqa, and restores Necho I as governor of Sais in the Nile Delta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510235#Middle_East", "title": "668 BC", "revid": 1370510235, "section": "Events › By Place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -666, "year_label": "667 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510245#Middle_East", "title": "667 BC", "revid": 1370510245, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -665, "year_label": "666 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal undertook a campaign to Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510243#Middle_East", "title": "666 BC", "revid": 1370510243, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -663, "year_label": "664 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510244#Events", "title": "664 BC", "revid": 1370510244, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -662, "year_label": "663 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Assyrian Empire under Ashurbanipal drives the Kushites from Egypt and conquers the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510239#Events", "title": "663 BC", "revid": 1370510239, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -655, "year_label": "656 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510215#Assyria", "title": "656 BC", "revid": 1370510215, "section": "Events › By place › Assyria"}}, {"year": -652, "year_label": "653 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Elamite forces attack southern Babylon. A large Assyrian army sent by king Ashurbanipal defeat the Elamites, in the Battle of Ulai, and kill their king, Teumman. He is succeeded by his nephew Ummanigash.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372215971#Middle_East", "title": "653 BC", "revid": 1372215971, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -651, "year_label": "652 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Elam withdraws from her alliance with king Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon, who launches a premature attack on his half brother Ashurbanipal at year's end without waiting for reinforcements that have been promised by the Egyptian king Psamtik I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510221#Middle_East", "title": "652 BC", "revid": 1370510221, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -650, "year_label": "651 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal defeats the Babylonian army of his half brother Shamash-shum-ukin and surrounds the fortified city of Babylon. Beginning a 3-year siege during which the Assyrians will defeat Shamash-shum-ukin's allies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510249#Middle_East", "title": "651 BC", "revid": 1370510249, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -647, "year_label": "648 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Babylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372392769#Middle_East", "title": "648 BC", "revid": 1372392769, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -646, "year_label": "647 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Elam refuses to extradite an Aramaean prince, giving the king Ashurbanipal of Assyria an excuse to invade the country. He sacks the city of Susa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510236#Middle_East", "title": "647 BC", "revid": 1370510236, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -639, "year_label": "640 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510228#Middle_East", "title": "640 BC", "revid": 1370510228, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -630, "year_label": "631 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ashurbanipal, Assyrian king (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371149156#Deaths", "title": "631 BC", "revid": 1371149156, "section": "Deaths"}}]}