Fall of Nineveh
Babylon and Media bring the Assyrian empire to an end
Babylonian and Median forces under Nabopolassar and Cyaxares captured and destroyed Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. Its fall ended the Assyrian Empire and opened the way for the rise of Neo-Babylonian power.
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The fire that destroyed Nineveh in 612 BC baked the clay tablets of Ashurbanipal's library — helping them survive to the present day.
Alive at the time
- Nebuchadnezzar II (aged 30)
- Solon (aged 18)
- Sappho (aged 18)
- Thales of Miletus (aged 12)