Babylonian revolt against Assyria

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The Babylonian revolt against Assyria was the late 7th-century BCE uprising that, under Nabopolassar’s leadership, helped topple the Neo-Assyrian Empire and pave the way for the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
chronologicalContext late 7th century BCE ⓘ
conflictType rebellion ⓘ
endTime late 7th century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
hasAlly Cyaxares ⓘ
Medes ⓘ
hasBroaderCategory Assyrian history ⓘ
Babylonian history ⓘ
ancient wars ⓘ
revolts against empires ⓘ
hasCause Assyrian domination of Babylonia ⓘ
Babylonian desire for independence ⓘ
internal instability in the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
hasCommander Nabopolassar ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Nabopolassar ⓘ
Sinsharishkun ⓘ
hasLeader Nabopolassar ⓘ
hasLocation Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
hasOpponent Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
hasParticipant Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
hasResult collapse of Neo-Assyrian control over Babylonia ⓘ
independence of Babylonia from Assyria ⓘ
rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
weakening of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Ancient Near East ⓘ
languageOfSources Akkadian ⓘ
Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Babylonian ⓘ
linked to: Babylonians
outcome establishment of Nabopolassar as king of Babylon ⓘ
transfer of regional hegemony from Assyria to Babylonia and its allies ⓘ
partOf fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
wars of the late 7th century BCE in the Near East ⓘ
precededBy Assyrian rule over Babylonia ⓘ
relatedTo Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
significantEvent battle of Assur ⓘ
capture of Nippur by Babylonian forces ⓘ
siege and fall of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Nineveh
startTime circa 626 BCE ⓘ

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Nabopolassar → conflict → Babylonian revolt against Assyria ⓘ
destruction of Babylon (689 BCE) → follows → Babylonian revolt of 689 BCE ⓘ
subject linked to: destruction of Babylon
linked to: Babylonian revolt against Assyria
Ashur-nadin-shumi → causeOfEndOfReign → Babylonian uprising ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian revolt against Assyria
Sin-shar-ishkun → succeeded → Ashur-etil-ilani in a dynastic struggle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian revolt against Assyria