After the death of Ashurbanipal in 627 BCE it was torn by civil wars between three rival kings – Ashur-etil-ilani, Sin-shumu-lishir and Sin-shar-ishkun.

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The Babylonians, Medes, Scythians and Cimmerians took advantage of this turmoil and attacked Assyria in 616 BCE. The empire was progressivel eroded and an attempt at support by its Egyptian province failed. In 605 BCE the Babylonians and Medes defeated the Egyptians and Assyrians at Carchemish, reducing Assyria to a province eventually absorbed into the Persian empire.

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