Conflicts and resolutions of the 7th century BCE
18 battles, sieges, wars, revolts, crises, treaties and peace settlements, in date order.
Battles 7
- Battle of HaluleBattle · 691 BCEThe Battle of Halule was fought in 691 BCE on the Tigris in Mesopotamia between the Neo-Assyrian Empire under Sennacherib and an alliance of Babylonians and Elamites…
- Battle of HysiaeBattle · 669 BCEThe Battle of Hysiae was fought between Argos and Sparta near Hysiae in the Argolid, traditionally dated by the geographer Pausanias to 669 BCE.
Battle of UlaiBattle · c. 653 BCEThe Battle of the Ulai, also called the Battle of Til-Tuba, was fought around 653 BCE on the Ulai river in Elam between the army of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal and…- Battle of HanyuanBattle · 645 BCEThe Battle of Hanyuan, or Battle of Han, was fought in 645 BCE between the Chinese states of Qin and Jin.
- Battle of HongBattle · 638 BCEThe Battle of Hong was fought in 638 BCE on the Hong River in Henan between the State of Song and the State of Chu.
Battle of ChengpuBattle · 632 BCEThe Battle of Chengpu was fought in 632 BCE in modern Shandong between the State of Jin, under Duke Wen, with its allies Qi and Qin, and the forces of Chu and its allies.
Battle of CarchemishBattle · 605 BCEThe Battle of Carchemish was fought in 605 BCE at Carchemish on the Euphrates.
Sieges 6
- Sennacherib's destruction of BabylonSiege · 689 BCESennacherib's destruction of Babylon took place in 689 BCE, when the Assyrian king captured the city after repeated rebellions and had it devastated.
- Destruction of SusaSiege · c. 647 BCEThe destruction of Susa was the sack of the Elamite capital by the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal around 647 BCE.
- Assyrian destruction of SusaSiege · 646 BCEThe Assyrian destruction of Susa was the sack of the Elamite capital by the army of Ashurbanipal in 646 BCE.
- Sack of AssurSiege · 614 BCEThe sack of Assur was the capture of the ancient Assyrian religious capital by the Medes in 614 BCE.
Fall of NinevehSiege · 612 BCEThe fall of Nineveh was the destruction of the Assyrian capital in 612 BCE by a coalition of Medes and Babylonians.
Fall of HarranSiege · 609 BCEThe fall of Harran in 609 BCE was the defeat of the last Assyrian remnant, under Ashur-uballit II, by the Babylonians and their allies.
Wars & campaigns 3
Assyrian conquest of EgyptCampaign · 671 BCEThe Assyrian conquest of Egypt was the invasion of Egypt by the Assyrian king Esarhaddon, who captured Memphis in 671 BCE and drove out the Kushite pharaoh Taharqa.
Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian EmpireWar · 626–609 BCEThe Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire was the war of 626–609 BCE in which Babylonia under Nabopolassar, joined from 615 BCE by the Medes under Cyaxares…- Babylonian invasion of Egypt (601 BCE)Campaign · 601 BCEThe Babylonian invasion of Egypt in 601 BCE was an attempt by Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Empire to invade Egypt.
Treaties 2
- Covenant of ShaolingTreaty · Peace · 656 BCEThe Covenant of Shaoling was the agreement of 656 BCE that ended Duke Huan of Qi's campaign against the State of Chu.
- Covenant of KuiqiuTreaty · 651 BCEThe Covenant of Kuiqiu was an assembly of Chinese feudal lords convened by Duke Huan of Qi in 651 BCE at Kuiqiu, in present-day Henan.