jun 28, 689 BC - Sack of Babylon
Description:
In a bid to enrich his new capital city at Nineveh, Sennacherib sacked Babylon. This was considered a grave affront to the gods at the time, and he would be assassinated for it less then a decade later (Mark, “Assyria”).Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 28, 689 BC
Now
~ 2717 years ago