Iran-Akkad Alliance Conquers Nineveh
Aug, 7, 612 BC
After the Assyrian king Sinshar Ishkun managed to escape to Nineveh, with the legendary fortune he had, he built city walls, fortresses, towers, etc and made the city defence much stronger than his lost city Assyria. The allied forces of Pulassar and Hoakhtar took the city under siege for months until food was exhausted and famine stroke. The Assyrian king committed suicide by throwing himself and his family into fire as a sacrifice to Gods which were believed to be angry. Soon Nineveh opened it's doors to allied forces and Hoakhtar left the city to Babylonians and returned home on 10 August 612. The Babylon king destroyed the city of Nineveh completely. (Updated: Dec, 23, 2007)
English-Persian Glossary
- Assyria: آشور
- Bab: باب
- Babylon: بابل
- Hoakhtar: هوخشتر(Kiaksar, Cyaxares, Uksatar, Umaki?tar)
- Nineveh: نينوا
- Sinshar Ishkun: سين شار ايشکون(Sin-?ar-i?kun)