Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)

Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)
Map of some major Mesopotamian cities. The cities of Babylon, Nippur, Sippar and Uruk were sites for several battles during the revolt.
Date 626–620 BC Location Babylon and surrounding lands Result Babylonian victory Assyria permanently loses control of Babylonia Formation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire Beginning of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
Belligerents
Babylonians	Neo-Assyrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nabopolassar	Sinsharishkun
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Revolt of Babylon in 626 BC refers to the revolt of the general Nabopolassar and his war of independence until he successfully consolidated control of Babylonia in 620 BC, defeating the Neo-Assyrian Empire which had ruled Babylonia for more than a century. The revolt saw the formation of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and was one of the key factors contributing to the fall of Assyria; twenty years after the revolt had begun, Nabopolassar's army and that of his ally, Cyaxares of the Medes, had destroyed the Neo-Assyrian Empire.