Siege of Tushpa

The Siege of Tushpa took place during the Great Powers' War, as Assyria invaded the Chiefdom of Hayasa-Azzi, a Hittite puppet state. The siege lasted over six months and had multiple stages. At the start of the siege, Assyrians surrounded the city and began besieging it. However, a few weeks later, much of the force had to pull out to deal with the raiders from the north. Tiglath himself set out north to conduct the Siege of Kumaha, while leaving a portion of his army under Mut-Ashkur to continued besieging Tushpa.
After dealing with Kumaha, Tiglath and the rest of the army returned to Tushpa. A few weeks later the city was finally breached and the Assyrians ascended to secure it. Most of the population was massacred and the city ransacked and destroyed. The chief of Azzi Hukkana was also killed. However, the Assyrians also suffered massive casualties, losing thousands of men during the siege and the battles around the city. Still, the siege resulted in the factual end of Hayasa-Azzi as a state, as there remained no significant population centers in the region anymore
Category:Great Power's War
Category:The Rise of Kemet
Category:Battles
Category:Assyria
Category:Hatti