War & RuptureThe 7th century BCE

War & Rupture in the 7th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 7th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 671 BCE to 612 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
671 BCE
Latest
612 BCE
Africa
1
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 671 BCEAfrica

    Sudan

    Assyrians expel the Kushites from Egypt

    Esarhaddon and then Ashurbanipal invade Egypt, driving the Kushite pharaohs back to Nubia by the 660s BCE.

    Era: Nubia, Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush

    Sources: Kingdom of Kush · Wikipedia

  2. 612 BCEAsia

    Iraq

    Fall of Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire

    A coalition of Babylonians and Medes besieges and destroys Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire whose first capital, Ashur, is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, ending Assyrian power and clearing the way for the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

    Era: Sumer, Akkad and Babylon — the First Cities

    Sources: Nineveh — ancient city, Iraq · Encyclopædia Britannica, Who was Ashurbanipal? · The British Museum, Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) — UNESCO World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre