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title: Destruction of Susa
author: Zereshk
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/144/destruction-of-susa/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Destruction of Susa
_Authored by Zereshk_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/144.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Ashurbanipal](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashurbanipal/)'s campaign against [Susa](https://www.worldhistory.org/susa/) is triumphantly recorded in this relief showing the sack of Susa in 647 BC. Here, flames rise from the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pickaxes and crowbars and carry off the spoils.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Zereshk. (2012, April 26). Destruction of Susa. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Zereshk. "Destruction of Susa." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 26, 2012. .
### MLA
Zereshk. "Destruction of Susa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Apr 2012, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susa-destruction.jpg) by [**Zereshk**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susa-destruction.jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 26 April 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.