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>By the end of the empire, civil wars waged across Mesopotamia. In 616 BC, Assyria was attacked by a coalition consisting of Babylon, Chaldea (an Mesopotamian kingdom of Syrian immigrants), Media (Northwestern Iran), Scythia (a horde of invading nomads originating in Russia), Persia (Southwestern Iran), Sagartia (Western Iran), and Cimmeria (another nomadic horde, originating in Ukraine)
>The coalition was led by King Nabopolassar/"Nabuaplausur" of Babylon and King Cyaxares/"Uvaxstra" of Media. Nineveh (Nineveh Governorate) fell in 612 BC. Harran (Sanliurfa Province, Turkey) fell in 608 BC. Carchemish (Gaziantep Province, Turkey) fell in 605 BC. Finally, in 599 BC, Dur-Katlimmu (Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria) fell. Assyria had finally been destroyed
>The Neo-Babylonian Empire, founded by Nabopolassar, was not ruled by Akkadians. Rather, once again, Babylon was ruled by foreigners - this time, they were Chaldeans. The final king of Babylon was Nabonidus/"Nabunaid", who was actually an Assyrian
>Nabonidus disliked politics, preferring to focus on the worship of the moon god, Sin/"Suen". His son, the Crown Prince ("Mar Sarri", "Son of the King"), Belshazzar/"Belsarusur" acted as regent instead. Meanwhile, in the east, Persia and Media grew in power. The two nations were united as one in 550 BC - the Achaemenid Empire/"Xsaca", led by King Cyrus/"Kurus" the Great
>Cyrus originated as the king of the city-state of Anshan, the "Xsayathiya Anshan", became the king of Persia ("Xsayathiya Parsa"), before becoming the king of Media ("Xsayathiya Mada"), finally becoming the King of Kings ("Xsayathiya Xsayathiyanam") of the Achaemenid Empire
>In 539 BC, Cyrus led his Achaemenid Empire westwards, conquering the Neo-Babylonian Empire and all of Mesopotamia. This led to the disappearance of the Chaldeans