Neo-Assyrian Empire
historical state in Mesopotamia
8 dated entries naming Neo-Assyrian Empire, drawn from 8 separate years between 746 BCE and 612 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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8th century BC
7th century BC
- 685 BCE685 BC—Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria (d. c. 627 BC)source
- 682 BCE682 BC—Last year of the reign of Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.source
- 674 BCEEsarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.source
- 669 BCETaharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.source
- 664 BCEThe Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.source
- 663 BCEThe Assyrian Empire under Ashurbanipal drives the Kushites from Egypt and conquers the country.source
- 612 BCEBattle of Nineveh: An allied army of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.source
Named in the same entries
- Ashurbanipal (3)
- Egypt (1)
- Ascalon (1)
- Esarhaddon (1)
- Medes (1)
- Susa (1)
- Scythians (1)
- Nineveh (1)
- Kingdom of Kush (1)
- Sennacherib (1)