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The Assyrian Empire declined quickly when a simultaneous revolt of Babylon and [[Media]] occurred in 625 B.C. A people who ruled through terror, they had no loyal allies when it looked like they could be overthrown. [[Nineveh]], the capital of Assyria, was taken in 612 B.C. and razed to the ground. Fighting continued through 609 B.C. and for a few years the Assyrian general [[Ashur-uballit]] tried to save a remnant of the Empire with [[Harran]] as its capital, but that last gasp was destroyed in 605 B.C. The Babylonians quickly assumed prominence in the Middle East as the next great Empire as they began their own military campaigns.
The Assyrian Empire declined quickly when a simultaneous revolt of Babylon and [[Media]] occurred in 625 B.C. A people who ruled through terror, they had no loyal allies when it looked like they could be overthrown. [[Nineveh]], the capital of Assyria, was taken in 612 B.C. and razed to the ground. Fighting continued through 609 B.C. and for a few years the Assyrian general [[Ashur-uballit]] tried to save a remnant of the Empire with [[Harran]] as its capital, but that last gasp was destroyed in 605 B.C. The Babylonians quickly assumed prominence in the Middle East as the next great Empire as they began their own military campaigns.
Like most of the [[middle east]], the current population is by [[Arabs]] that have Arabized the [[indigenous]] people.
== Notable Assyrian Rulers ==
== Notable Assyrian Rulers ==