Medes began attacking the cities of Kalhu and Nineveh
614 BC Nineveh and Assur (Present-Day Iraq)
In July or August of 614 BC, the Medes began attacking the cities of Kalhu and Nineveh. They then besieged Assur, the ancient political (and still religious) heart of Assyria. The siege was successful and the city endured a brutal sack.
