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 BCE — Africa:

    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 BCE — Asia:

    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