Young Brunette Girl Reveals With A White Scarf In Ruins Of An Ancient Castle

c 728 BC: Rise of the Median Empire
612 BC: Attributed date of the destruction of Nineveh and subsequent fall of Assyria.
600 BC: Sixteen Maha Janapadas ("Great Realms" or "Great Kingdoms") emerge. A number of these Maha Janapadas are semi-democratic republics.