century, 25 engagements

Battles of the 7th century BC

25 engagements of the 7th century BC are placed in the atlas: 19 battles and 6 sieges across 8 present-day countries, most in Iraq (10), Turkey (4), People's Republic of China (3). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire (6).

25 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

25 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 1 with pages

Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire 6

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
605 BC	Battle of Carchemish	Carchemish	Q136386525
609 BC	Battle of Megiddo	Tel Megiddo
612 BC	Fall of Nineveh	Nineveh	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
632 BC	Battle of Chengpu		Q113995895
647 BC	Battle of Susa	Susa	Assyrian conquest of Persia
614 BC	Fall of Assur		Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
610 BC	Fall of Harran	Harran	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
605 BC	Battle of Hamath	Hama
616 BC	Battle of Arrapha	Arrapha
653 BC	Battle of Ulai		Assyrian conquest of Persia
669 BC	Battle of Hysiae		Q21660842
691 BC	Battle of Halule
614 BC	Fall of Tarbisu		Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
689 BC	Siege of Babylon	Babylon
693 BC	Battle of Diyala River
605 BC	Battle of Quramati
January 684 BC	Battle of Changshao
684 BC	Battle of Deres		Q2075775
609 BC	Siege of Harran	Harran	Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
645 BC	Battle of Loulin
682 BC	Battle of the Great Foss	Peloponnese	Q11924845
606 BC	Siege of Kimuhu
616 BC	Battle of Gablini		Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
667 BC	Battle of Memphis	Memphis	Assyrian conquest of Egypt
11 April 650 BC	Siege of Babylon	Babylon

The 25 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.