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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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