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Siege of Harran

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2nd battle of Harran
Part of Medo-Babylonian war against Assyrian Empire
Date609 BC
Location
Result Unsuccessful Assyrian-Egyptian siege of Harran[1]
Decisive Medo-Babylonian victory
End of the Assyrian Empire[2]
Belligerents
Assyria

Medes

Babylonians
Commanders and leaders
King Ashur-uballit II of Assyria Cyaxares (Mede)
Nabopolassar (Babylonian)
Casualties and losses
Unknown

After the battle of Nineveh in 612 BC, where the Assyrian king Sin-Shar-Ishkun died, Ashur-uballit II became king and went to Harran with his remaining troops. But the Medes and the Babylonians besieged Harran in 610 BC and took the city in 609 BC, forcing Assur-Uballit II to flee again with the remnants of his army. During this same year, Egyptian and Assyrian forces left Carchemish and attacked the Medes and the Babylonians garrisoned in Harran, but this offensive failed and this ended the Assyrian Empire.[3][4]

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