Extinction of Assyria
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The union of the Medes and Babylon and the extinction of Assyria
What the alliance and efforts of the Elamites, Babylonians and Persians had failed to achieve at the beginning of the seventh century BC, the Medes in alliance with the Babylonians finally accomplished, that is, the destruction and extinction of Assyria.. The main burden of the war was borne by the Medes under the leadership of Hokhashtra II…
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Attack of the Medes(Extinction of Assyria)
King Medes declared war on Assyria in support of Babylon. Hokhshtar crossed the Zagros Mountains in 614 BCE and besieged Assyrian settlements along the way, besieging the Assyrian city, the capital of the Assyrian state.. After the fall of the city of Assyria, the king of Babylon visited the city of Assyria…
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