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Sînšariškun 𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦 | |
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| Born | 7th century BCE Ninua, Assyria |
| Died | 612 BCE Ninua, Babylonia |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
Sînšariškun (died 612 BCE) was the king of Assyria from 627 BCE until his death in 612 BCE. He was the last Assyrian king to rule over the major cities of Aššūr and Ninua (Nineveh). At the start of his reign, the Chaldean chieftain Nabûaplauṣur began a rebellion in Babylon and besieged Nippur. The Assyrians defeated him and lifted the siege in October of 626 BCE. However, the Babylonians captured Uruk in 616 BCE and Nippur the next year. Sînšariškun died in 612 BCE when the Assyrian capital of Ninua fell to the combined forces of the Medes and Babylonians.[1]
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- ↑ Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.