1 jan 605 ano antes da era comum - Assyria Toppled by the Babylonians

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Fighting resistance from many fronts, and struggling internally after the death of Ashurbanipal, Assyria failed to stop the resurging Babylonian empire.

Assyria and its Egyptian ally were neutralized, although the Babylonians never succeeded in conquering Egypt.

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Coogan, Michael David, and Cynthia R. Chapman. A brief introduction to the Old Testament: the Hebrew Bible in its context. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 290-291.

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