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Babylon

Complete destruction of the city of Babylon

7th Century BC
Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)

During the reign of Sennacherib of Assyria, Babylon was in a constant state of revolt, led by a chieftain named Merodach-Baladan, in alliance with the Elamites, and suppressed only by the complete destruction of the city of Babylon.


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