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2002-09-06 Axis of Evil

100 allied aircraft bomb the crap out of Iraqi air defenses...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-06 09:28 am|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think you mean Babylon. Nineveh was Assyrian.

Posted by Ray 2002-09-06 12:04:54|| 2002-09-06 12:04:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Nineveh... Sammy is reconstructing it now.

The fourteenth year [612-611]: The king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched... The king of the Medes marched towards the king of Babylonia. The king of Babylonia [and] Cyaxares marched along the bank of the Tigris and they encamped against Nineveh.

From the month SÃ®mannu [June] until the month Abu [August] - for three months - they subjected the city to a heavy siege. On the [lacuna] day of the month Abu they inflicted a major defeat upon a great people. At that time Sin-Å¡ar-iÅ¡kun, king of Assyria, died. They carried off the vast booty of the city and the temple and turned the city into a ruin heap.

On the twentieth day of the month UlÃ»lu [August 15, 612] Cyaxares and his army went home. After he had gone, the king of Babylonia dispatched his army and they marched to Nasibin. They brought the people of Rusapu [modern Kirkuk] to the king of Babylonia at Nineveh. AÅ¡Å¡ur-uballit ascended to the throne in Harran to rule Assyria.

The fifteenth year [611-610]: In the month Du'uzu [June/July] the king of Babylonia mustered his army and marched to Assyria victoriously. He captured Shu[lacuna], plundered it and carried of its vast booty.

In the month Arahsamnu [November/December] the king of Babylonia took the lead of his army personally and marched against Ruggulitu. He did battle against the city and on the twenty-eighth day of the month Arahsamnu [December 8, 611] he captured it. He did not leave a single man alive.

Posted by Fred 2002-09-06 13:26:35|| 2002-09-06 13:26:35|| Front Page Top

#3 jeez your archives go back a long way

Posted by Anonymous 2002-09-06 15:42:37|| 2002-09-06 15:42:37|| Front Page Top

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