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