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Fall of Harran

Fall of Harran was a siege conducted in 610 BC at Harran, in what is now Turkey; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Harran. It was part of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire, which ran from 626 BC to 609 BC. The recorded result: Medo-Babylonian victory; Fall of the Assyrian Empire. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Ruiny univerzity v Harranu.
Ruiny univerzity v Harranu.. glumik, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought610 BCran into the following year
WhereHarran, Turkey36.866N, 39.029E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeMedo-Babylonian victory; Fall of the Assyrian Empire
BelligerentsNeo-Babylonian Empire; Median KingdomagainstNeo-Assyrian Empire
Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown
Part ofMedo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire626 BC to 609 BC

Where it sits in the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire

Battle of Gablini, 616 BCFall of Assur, 614 BCFall of Tarbisu, 614 BCFall of Nineveh, 612 BCFall of Harran, 610 BCSiege of Harran, 609 BC616 BC609 BCFall of Harran, 610 BC
6 placed engagements of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date610 BC (year precision)
to 609 BC
PlaceHarran, Turkey
36.866N, 39.029E
KindSiege, ancient
StrengthUnknownUnknown
Casualties and lossesUnknownUnknown
Commanders
  • Ashur-uballit II
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Placed at Harran; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Fall of Harran is one of 25 engagements of the 7th century BC in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5432159, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fall of Harran, revision 1370617774, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.