Siege of Nineveh

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_siege
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sardanapalus
gptkb:Battle_of_Nineveh
gptkbp:aftermath establishment of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
gptkbp:archaeological_findings ruins of Nineveh
gptkbp:casualties high civilian casualties
gptkbp:consequences shift in power dynamics
mass displacement of Assyrians
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:artwork
inspired historical accounts
gptkbp:defense gptkb:Assyrian_army
gptkbp:defense_mechanism gptkb:gate
gptkbp:duration 3 months
gptkbp:engine battering rams
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:Tigris_River
gptkbp:historical_debate interpretations of events
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Zababa
gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Shalmaneser_V
gptkb:Ishtar
gptkb:Marduk
gptkb:Adad-Nirari_III
gptkb:Nabu
gptkb:Ninurta
gptkb:Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III
gptkbp:historical_period Late Antiquity
gptkbp:historical_significance end of Assyrian dominance
gptkbp:historical_source literature and media
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Nineveh
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Medes
gptkbp:key_event fall of the city
gptkbp:led_to destruction of Nineveh
gptkbp:legacy myths and legends
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:military_strategy encirclement
gptkbp:notable_allies Medo-Babylonian alliance
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Cyaxares
gptkb:Nabopolassar
gptkbp:occurs_in 612 BC
gptkbp:primary_source gptkb:archaeological_site
historical analyses
gptkbp:result surrender of Nineveh
gptkbp:resulted_in fall of the Assyrian Empire
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of trade routes
gptkbp:tactics siege warfare