Nebuchadnezzar Creates the First Neo-Babylonian State
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Empires, Dynasties
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan
- Date: c. 607-562
Article abstract: The Neo-Babylonian state was the second of five great ancient empires—the Assyrian, the Medo-Persian, the Greek, and the Roman—that facilitated the spread of civilization in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Summary of Event
The Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 b.c.e.) arose in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), which had been a center of culture for more than thirty-five hundred years before the birth of Nebuchadnezzar II. Great societies had come and gone—the Sumerian, the Akkadian, and the Babylonian. All these cultures had...
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