Ashur-uballit II

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Ashur-uballit II was the last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, who unsuccessfully resisted the rise of the Neo-Babylonian ruler Nabopolassar and the empire’s final collapse in the late 7th century BCE.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ashur-uballit II canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian king ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
alliedWith Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh Necho II ⓘ
linked to: Necho II
associatedWithPlace Harran ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
attemptedAction restoration of Assyrian power from Harran ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Harran ⓘ
chronologicalContext transition from Neo-Assyrian to Neo-Babylonian dominance ⓘ
conflict Cyaxares ⓘ
Medes ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
country Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
deathDate after 609 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace unknown ⓘ
dynasty Sargonid dynasty ⓘ
era late 7th century BCE ⓘ
foughtIn attempted recapture of Harran ⓘ
defense of Harran ⓘ
historicalSignificance last attested ruler of Assyria ⓘ
historicalUncertainty exact lineage unknown ⓘ
knownFrom Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
later Mesopotamian historical tradition ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
militaryRole commander of Assyrian remnant forces ⓘ
notableEvent fall of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Nineveh

siege of Harran ⓘ
opponent Cyaxares ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ
politicalStatus claimant to Assyrian throne after fall of Nineveh ⓘ
positionHeld king of Assyria ⓘ
last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
possiblyRelatedTo Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ
Sennacherib ⓘ
predecessor Sin-shar-ishkun ⓘ
reignEnd c. 609 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 612 BCE ⓘ
religion Assyro-Babylonian religion ⓘ
linked to: Assyrian religion
residence Harran ⓘ
resultOfReign final collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
successor none (end of Assyrian monarchy) ⓘ
title king of Assyria ⓘ
king of Harran ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nabopolassar → opponent → Ashur-uballit II ⓘ
Sargonid dynasty → notableRuler → Ashur-uballit II ⓘ
Eighth Dynasty of Assyria → hasMonarch → Ashur-uballit II ⓘ
Sin-shar-ishkun → successor → Ashur-uballit II ⓘ