Battle of Suru

Rise of Neo-Assyria
Campaigns of Ashurnasirpal II (Suru)
Campaigns of Shalmaneser III (Qarqar)
Campaigns of Shamshi-Adad V (Dur-Papsukkal)
Campaigns of Tiglath Pileser III (Gezer)
War with Urartu
Campaigns of Sargon II
Campaigns of Sennacherib (Sennacherib's campaign in Judah, Azekah, Lachish, Jerusalem, Diyala River, Halule, 1st Babylon)
Campaigns of Esarhaddon
Conquest of Elam
Campaigns of Ashurbanipal (Ulai, Susa, Ashdod)
2nd Babylon
Arrapha
Assur
Nineveh
Harran

In 878 BC Ashurnasirpal II, the king of Assyria, conquered Suru, the main fortress of governor of Sukhu, from the Babylonian state.^[1] Although the Assyrians claimed a great victory, this claim is doubted due to subsequent revolts in the middle Euphrates region, and because the Assyrian army under Ashurnasirpal II was never again reported as attacking as far into Sukhu. The Assyrians reportedly captured a contingent of Babylonian cavalry during this battle. This is one of few battles reported during this time period concerning Babylonian military affairs.

References

↑ Brinkman, J.A. (1968). A Political History of Post-Kassite Babylonia, 1158-722 B.C. Roma (Pontificium Institutum Biblicum). pp. 185–186.

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