cuneiform script. Sîn-šar-iškun (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦, romanized: Sîn-šar-iškun or Sîn-šarru-iškun, meaning "Sîn has established the...

Assyrian general (turtanu) named Sin-shumu-lishir (623–622 BC), who was also declared king of Babylon. Sin-shar-ishkun (622–612 BC), the brother of Ashur-etil-ilani...

BC—Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece. c. 623 BC—Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria. 622 or 621...

the son and successor of Naram-Sin who deified himself during his lifetime. Shar-Kali-Sharri succeeded his father Naram-Sin in c. 2217 BC. According to the...

Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh at the Battle of Nineveh. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria is killed in the sack. 612 BC—Ashur-uballit II attempts...

southeastern Mesopotamia by c. 850 BC. It was during the reign of Sin-shar-ishkun that Assyria's vast empire began to unravel, and many of its former...

independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date). 623 BC: Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate...

Nineveh in 612 BC. After the Battle of Nineveh, where the Assyrian king Sin-Shar-Ishkun died, Ashur-uballit II became king and went to Harran with his remaining...

Elamites. Nineveh was besieged and sacked in 612 BC. Ashurbanipal's son Sin-shar-ishkun (the third of four kings to rule after Ashurbanipal) was then ruling...

empire entered a period of instability caused by fighting between Sin-shar-ishkun and his brother Assur-etil-ilani. In 626 BC, Nabopolassar, the Babylonian...

established the Library of Ashurbanipal), Ashur-etil-ilani, Sin-shumu-lishir and Sin-shar-ishkun. The Assyrian Empire began to unravel in 626 BC, being consumed...

succeeded by his brother Sin-shar-ishkun (627–612 BC) in uncertain circumstances. Sinsharishkun was soon faced with the revolt of Sin-shumu-lishir, an Assyrian...

major factor in the city’s downfall was the Medes. The Assyrian King Sin-shar-ishkun was killed in the siege. His brother Ashur-uballit II was made King...

tribute to his sons and successors Ashur-etil-ilani (627–623 BC) and Sin-shar-ishkun (623–612 BC). They were both opposed by an alliance led by Cyaxares...

Seru'a-etirat Sin-nadin-apli Shamash-shum-ukin ASHURBANIPAL (r. 669-631 BC), m. Libbali-sharrat ASHUR-ETIL-ILANI (r. 631-627 BC) SIN-SHAR-ISHKUN (r. 627-612...

Seru'a-etirat Sin-nadin-apli Shamash-shum-ukin ASHURBANIPAL (r. 669-631 BC), m. Libbali-sharrat ASHUR-ETIL-ILANI (r. 631-627 BC) SIN-SHAR-ISHKUN (r. 627-612...

whether it was a new alliance between him and the new Assyrian king Sin-shar-ishkun or a renewal of the old alliance signed when Psamtik I had been enthroned...

Babylon and Chaldea, and also the Scythians and Cimmerians, against Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria, who was faced with unremitting civil war in Assyria itself...

inscriptions of Lugal-ushumgal, who went on to serve the successor of Naram-Sin, Shar-Kali-Sharri, are known, particularly seal impressions, which refer to...

Aššur-uballiṭ II, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, succeeding Sin-shar-ishkun (623–612 BC) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Nabu-shar-usur, and on 20 October 681 BC, they attacked and killed their father in one of Nineveh's temples, possibly the one dedicated to Sîn. The murder...

tablets date to the period of late in the reign of Naram-Sin to early in the reign of Shar-kali-shari. They are believed to be from a town between Umma...

Babylonia and Cyaxares of the Medes take and destroy Assur, capital of Sin- Shar-Ishkun's Assyria. 612 BC Battle of Nineveh The Medes and Scythians join the...

Ashurbanipal (669–631/627 BC) Ashur-etil-ilani, (c.631–627 BC) Sin-shumu-lishir (626 BC) Sin-shar-ishkun, (c.627–612 BC) Ashur-uballit II (612 BC–c.609 BC) Dynasty...

cities also sent their statues to Babylon in 626 BCE in light of Sin-shar-ishkun's advance. Other scholars disagree with the view that Cyrus had a policy...

Naram-Sin claims Gutium among the lands raided by Annubanini of Lulubum during the reign of Naram-Sin (c. 2254–2218 BC). Contemporary year-names for Shar-kali-sharri...

Empire. Towards the end of the reign of the last notable Akkadian ruler, Shar-Kali-Sharri (c. 2153–2129 BC), the Akkadian Empire went on to a period of...

predecessors Naram-Sin and Shar-Kali-Sharri he was not deified. He became king after a period of apparent anarchy that had followed the death of Shar-Kali-Sharri...

Amar-Sin (Akkadian: 𒀭𒀫𒀭𒂗𒍪: DAmarDSîn, "calf of Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine"), initially misread as Bur-Sin (c. 2046–2037 BC)...

Shu-Sin, also Šu-Suen (Akkadian: 𒀭𒋗𒀭𒂗𒍪: DŠuDSîn, after the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine", formerly read Gimil-Sin) was...