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With the fall of Harran, the Assyrian empire ceased to exist as a state. Remnants of the former Assyrian empire's army met up with the Egyptian forces that had defeated the
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Assyrian annals record no more after 610 BC - the presumed date of the siege. The siege lasted for another year before the city finally fell in 609 BC.
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Index

Siege of Harran
Battle of Harran
Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
Harran
Şanlıurfa
Turkey
Neo-Babylonian Empire
Median Kingdom
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Nabopolassar
Cyaxares
Ashur-uballit II
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Campaigns of the
Neo-Assyrian Empire

Rise of Neo-Assyria
Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II
Suru
Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
Qarqar
Campaigns of Shamshi-Adad V
Dur-Papsukkal
Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III
Gezer
Conquest of Aram
War with Urartu
Campaigns of Sargon II
Campaigns of Sennacherib
Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant

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