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The Fall of Nineveh
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The city of Nineveh is attacked by the combined forces of the Medes, Babylonians and a horde of Scythians, after the Assyrians were weakened by a civil war, but despite putting up a good fight, the city eventually falls due to its massive fortifications being breached.
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