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Fall of Azcapotzalco
The Fall of Azcapotzalco in 1428 was the defeat of the Tepanec Empire's capital by a coalition led by Tenochtitlan and Texcoco, ending Tepanec dominance.
Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great
The fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great was the Persian conquest of 539 BC, when Cyrus II defeated Nabonidus and took Babylon without a siege, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Fall of Baekje
The Fall of Baekje (백제의 멸망) was the 660 destruction of the Korean kingdom of Baekje by a Silla–Tang alliance, ending with King Uija's surrender.
Fall of Balhae
The fall of Balhae (발해) was the conquest of the kingdom of Balhae by the Khitan-led Liao dynasty in early 926, ending a state praised by Tang China as the thriving nation of the Eastern Sea.
Fall of Bataan and Corregidor
The Fall of Bataan and Corregidor was the defeat of American and Filipino forces on Luzon by Japan's Fourteenth Army, with Bataan surrendering on 9 April 1942.
Fall of Beijing
The Fall of Beijing (甲申之变), the Jiashen incident, was the rebel capture of the Ming capital, after which the Chongzhen emperor died at Coal Hill and the Qing entered the passes.
Fall of Buyeo
The fall of Buyeo (부여; 夫餘) ended the ancient Korean kingdom in northern Manchuria, whose last king surrendered to Goguryeo in 494 after Xianbei and Malgal attacks.
Fall of Chiang Mai (1558)
The Fall of Chiang Mai in 1558 was the capture of the Lan Na capital by King Bayinnaung of Burma, ending over two centuries of Lan Na independence.
Fall of Chichen Itza
The fall of Chichen Itza (Caída de Chichén Itzá) was the political collapse of the Maya capital in northern Yucatan, dated archaeologically to about 1050 to 1100.
Fall of Civilizations (podcast)
Fall of Civilizations is a history podcast by British writer Paul M.M. Cooper, running since January 2019, examining one civilization's rise and collapse per long scripted episode, with voice actors, original-language source readings, over 100 million downloads, and a 2024 book adaptation.
Fall of communism in Bulgaria
Fall of communism in Bulgaria: the peaceful end of one-party rule beginning 10 November 1989, when the BCP ousted Todor Zhivkov after 35 years; Mladenov's reforms, June 1990 elections won by the ex-communists, 1991 constitution, NATO 2004, EU 2007.
Fall of Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople, also called the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the Byzantine capital by Mehmed II on 29 May 1453 after a 53-day siege.
Fall of Ctesiphon
The Fall of Ctesiphon (سقوط تیسفون) was the capture of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon by the Rashidun caliphate under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in March 637.
Fall of Daeya Fortress
The Fall of Daeya Fortress (대야성 함락) was the 642 capture of Silla's Daeya Fortress by 10,000 Baekje troops under General Yun Chung during the reign of King Uija.
Fall of Damascus (2024)
Fall of Damascus (2024): capture of Syria's capital by HTS-led rebels on 8 December 2024, ending 53 years of Assad family rule; Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow after an 11-day offensive.
Fall of Devagiri
The Fall of Devagiri (देवगिरीचे पतन) was the 1318 annexation of the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri, now Daulatabad, by the Delhi Sultanate, which ended the Yadava dynasty.
Fall of Duvalier
The fall of Duvalier was the 1986 overthrow of Haiti's Duvalier dictatorship, ending when President-for-Life Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier fled to France after weeks of popular protest.
Fall of Giants
Fall of Giants (2010) is Ken Follett's historical novel opening the Century Trilogy, followed by Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity. Five Welsh, English, German, Russian, and American families live through World War I, the Russian Revolution, and women's suffrage from 1911.
Fall of Goguryeo (唐滅高句麗)
The Fall of Goguryeo (唐滅高句麗) was the destruction of the Goguryeo kingdom, which had stood since 37 BC, by a joint Tang and Silla force that captured Pyongyang in 668.
Fall of Harran (610 BC)
The fall of Harran in 610 BC was the capture of Harran, the last capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, by Babylonian and Median forces under Nabopolassar.
Fall of Hattusa
The Fall of Hattusa, also called the Destruction of Hattusa, ended the Hittite Empire around 1180 BC, when the capital was methodically abandoned and later burned.
Fall of Hiraizumi
The Fall of Hiraizumi was the 1189 destruction of the Northern Fujiwara at its capital Hiraizumi in northern Honshu by Minamoto no Yoritomo, ending the Ōshū War.
Fall of Hromkla
The Fall of Hromkla was the 1292 capture by Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Khalil of the Euphrates fortress that had housed the Armenian Catholicosate since 1149, ending a roughly 145-year period.
Fall of Ibn al-Khatib
The Fall of Ibn al-Khatib (سقوط لسان الدين بن الخطيب) was the political destruction of Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib, Granada's vizier, who fled in 1371 and was strangled in Fez.
Fall of Jiangling
The fall of Jiangling in 554 was Western Wei's capture of the Liang capital Jiangling, ending Emperor Yuan's rule and creating the Later Liang under Xiao Cha.
Fall of Kabul (2021)
Fall of Kabul (2021): Taliban capture of Kabul on August 15, 2021, as President Ashraf Ghani fled and the Afghan republic collapsed amid the U.S. withdrawal under the Doha agreement, ending with an airport evacuation, an August 26 bombing, and Taliban caretaker rule from September 2021.
Fall of Kamakura
The Fall of Kamakura (鎌倉幕府滅亡) was the storming of Kamakura in 1333 by Nitta Yoshisada's army, ending the Kamakura shogunate when the Hōjō clan killed themselves.
Fall of Kampala
The Fall of Kampala was the capture of Uganda's capital by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles of the UNLF on 10–11 April 1979, ending Idi Amin's eight-year dictatorship.
Fall of Kano to the jihadists
The fall of Kano to the jihadists in 1807 ended the rule of Alwali, the last Hausa king, and brought Kano under the Sokoto Caliphate.
Fall of Kerma
The fall of Kerma was the end of the independent Nubian kingdom of Kerma at the Third Cataract of the Nile, conquered by New Kingdom Egypt under Thutmose I and Thutmose III.