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Clashes between the [[Elamites]] and the Assyrians had been ongoing for many years prior to 721 BC, the first recorded conflict between Elamites and Assyrians. For many centuries before that, the Elamites had made it a habit of intervening in [[Babylonia]]n politics. Naturally this would have placed them in conflict with the Assyrians, who saw [[Babylon]] as within their [[sphere of influence]]. In 721 BC, the Babylonians rebelled against Assyria and Elamite forces attempted to aid Babylon in her revolt. Following this event, the Assyrians and Elamites clashed on numerous occasions; at the [[Tigris]] in 717 BC, along the Elamite coast as part of an [[amphibious invasion]] in 694 BC, at the province of Der and again [[Battle of Diyala River|at the River Diyala]] in 693 BC (this may have been the same battle). For the most part, these battles were bloody and inconclusive. However, the Assyrians were able to obtain the upper hand for the most part, demonstrated by the failure of the Elamites to extend their power beyond the boundaries of [[Mesopotamia]].
After a failed attack on Babylon in 655 BC, Elamite power soon began to collapse. At the [[Battle of Ulai]] in the plain of [[Susa]], an Assyrian army assaulted strong Elamite defensive positions. The Elamites were soundly beaten and [[Teumman]], the Elamite king, was beheaded during the battle. Although another Babylonian revolt saved Elam from immediate invasion, it would remain one of the most important objectives in the mind of [[
==Campaign against Elam==
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===Collapse of Elam===
The defeats inflicted by Assyria on Elamite offensives were one of many problems facing the Elamites; civil war had erupted in the land, whilst her northern borders were being overrun by the Persians. In 639 BC,
{{cquote|For a distance of a month and twenty-five days' journey I devastated the provinces of Elam. Salt and sihlu I scattered over them... The dust of Susa, Madaktu, Haltemash and the rest of the cities I gathered together and took to Assyria... The noise of people, the tread of cattle and sheep, the glad shouts of rejoicing, I banished from its fields. Wild asses, gazelles and all kinds of beasts of the plain I caused to lie down among them, as if at home.|author=Ashurbanipal<ref name="Healy54">{{cite book|last=Healy|first=Mark|title=The Ancient Assyrians|location=New York|publisher= Osprey|year=1991|pages=54}}</ref>}}
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