A chronological list of sieges follows. Military sieges A military siege is a prolonged military assault and blockade on a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. Ancient Before 1000 BC Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris (c. 1550 BC) Siege of Sharuhen (c. 1530 BC) Siege of Megiddo (c. 1457 BC) Siege of Jericho (c. 1400 BC) Siege of Dapur (1269 BC) Siege of Troy (c. 1200 BC) 10th century BC Siege of Rabbah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 11–12) Siege of Abel-beth-maachah (10th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Samuel 20:15–22) Siege of Gezer (10th century BC) Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) by Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I 9th century BC Siege of Gath (city) (ca. 830 BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 12:17/18) Siege of Samaria (ancient city) (9th century BC) (Bible Reference: II Kings 6:24 – 7:7) 8th century BC Siege of Tyre (724–720 BC) by the Assyrians under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II Siege of Gezer (c. 733 BC) Siege of Hermopolis (701 BC) Siege of Azekah (701 BC) Siege of Lachish (701 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC) by the Assyrians under Sennacherib Siege of Tyre (701 BC) by the Assyrians under Sennacherib 7th century BC Siege of Babylon (689 BC) Siege of Tyre (671 BC) by the Assyrians under Esarhaddon Siege of Tyre (663 BC) by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal Fall of Ashdod (635 BC) Fall of Assur (614 BC) Battle of Nineveh (612 BC) Fall of Harran (610 BC) Siege of Harran (609 BC) 6th century BC Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) by Nebuchadnezzar II Siege of Sardis (547 BC) Siege of Gaza (525 BC) Siege of Memphis (525 BC) 5th century BC 4th century BC 3rd century BC Siege of Messene (295 BC) – Wars of the Diadochi Siege of Thebes (292–291 BC) Siege of Athens (287 BC) Siege of Syracuse (278 BC) – Part of the Pyrrhic War Siege of Lilybaeum (278 BC) – Part of the Pyrrhic War Siege of Sparta (272 BC) – Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese Siege of Agrigentum (261 BC) – Part of the First Punic War Siege of Aspis (255