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 Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Mesopotamia ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
hasOpponent Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
hasParticipant Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

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 ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian

Babylonians ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian
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 of Nineveh ⓘ
surface form: siege and fall of Nineveh
startTime circa 626 BCE ⓘ

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Nabopolassar → conflict → Babylonian revolt against Assyria ⓘ