612 BC

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Events

Politics and World Affairs

• May 30: The Siege of the Assyrian capital of Nineveh by the Medes rulers Cyaxares II begins.
• JULY 28: The Nineveh taken by a coalition of Medes and Babylonians. The Assyrian king, Sin - sar iškun comes in this attack killed him follows Ashur uballit II to the throne. Earlier this year, the former capital of Nimrod has already been conquered and destroyed by the Medes and Chaldeans.

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Died

• JULY 28: Sin - sar iškun, Assyrian king ( * before 627 BC)

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• Year ( 7th century BC)
• 612 BC