Attack of the Medes

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…