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Why was the Assyrian Empire defeated after Ashurbanipal’s death?

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At the end of the seventh century, the Assyrian empire collapsed under the assault of Babylonians from southern Mesopotamia and Medes, who were newcomers who were to establish a kingdom in Iran.

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