Decline of Elam and revival of Babylon

Name: Decline of Elam and revival of Babylon
Start: -680
End: -626

Type Event Region Mesopotamia Time c. -680–-626

By the mid-seventh century BCE, Elam was devastated by Ashurbanipal's campaigns and the sack of Susa (c.…

Timeline

c. -680–-647Susa · ElamAshurbanipal campaigned against Elam year after year, finally capturing Susa and destroying the royal tombs; Elam's status as an independent great power ended and the threat to Babylon's eastern flank was greatly reduced.
c. -650–-626Babylon · BabyloniaAfter Elam's decline, local powers in Babylonia rose against Assyrian control under Chaldean noble leadership; Nabopolassar seized the throne of Babylon and founded the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, laying the foundation for the political revival of southern Mesopotamia.

The Fall of Assyria and the Rise of the Median and Neo-Babylonian Empires — J. A. Brinkman (1991)
A Political History of the Chaldean Tribes in Babylonia in the Early First Millennium BC — J. A. Brinkman (1968)