Medo-Babylonian invasion

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The Medo-Babylonian invasion was the late 7th-century BCE military campaign in which the allied Median and Neo-Babylonian forces conquered Assyria, leading to the collapse of its ruling dynasty and the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Medo-Babylonian invasion canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient war ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
ally Median Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
cause decline of Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
chronologicalFollowedBy consolidation of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
rise of Median power in the Near East ⓘ
chronologicalPrecededBy decline of Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
combatant Assyrian forces ⓘ
Median forces ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian forces ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian forces
conflict Assyro-Median wars ⓘ
conflictType coalition invasion ⓘ
endTime late 7th century BCE ⓘ
goal conquest of Assyrian heartland ⓘ
overthrow of Neo-Assyrian rule ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
end of Neo-Assyrian ruling dynasty ⓘ
fall of Assyria ⓘ
territorial expansion of Median Empire ⓘ
territorial expansion of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
hasParticipant Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Media ⓘ
Median Empire ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
historicalRegion ancient Near East ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Near East
location Assyria ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
opponent Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
partOf wars of the late Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
pointInTime late 7th century BCE ⓘ
relatedTo fall of Nineveh ⓘ
rise of Median Empire ⓘ
rise of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
result destruction of Assyrian power ⓘ
division of Assyrian territory between Media and Babylonia ⓘ
significance marked the end of Neo-Assyrian dominance in the Near East ⓘ
reshaped political map of the ancient Near East ⓘ
startTime late 7th century BCE ⓘ

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Sargonid dynasty → fallCause → Medo-Babylonian invasion ⓘ