Babylon - Nabopolassar assaulted and successfully seized the cities of Babylon and Nippur
Time: 626 BC
Place: Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)
Details: Early in the reign of the Neo-Assyrian king Sinsharishkun, the southern general Nabopolassar used ongoing political instability in Assyria, caused by an earlier brief civil war between Sinsharishkun and the general Sin-shumu-lishir, to revolt. In 626 BC, Nabopolassar assaulted and successfully seized the cities of Babylon and Nippur.
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