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Nabopolassar ( Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-apla-uṣur, [4] [5] [6] meaning " Nabu, protect the son") [6] was the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his coronation as king of Babylon in 626 BC to his death in 605 BC. Though initially only aimed at restoring and securing the independence of Babylonia, Nabopolassar's ...
The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia. Beginning with the coronation of Nabopolassar as the King of Babylon in 626 BC and being firmly established through the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in ...
Aug 22, 2018 · The Assyrian Fall and Rebel Rise. Prior to his ascension to the throne, Nabopolassar was an obscure and unknown chieftain of the Chaldeans. In 631 BC, the last major Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal, died and was succeeded by one of his sons, Ashur-etil-ilani. The new ruler was weak, however, and civil war soon broke out.
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Mar 8, 2017 · Nabopolassar was the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from November 626 - August 605 B.C. He had been general in a revolt against Assyria after the Assyrian king Assurbanipal died in 631. Nabopolassar was made king on November 23, 626*. In 614, the Medes, led by Cyaxares ( [Uvakhshatra] king of the Umman Manda), conquered Assur ...
Nabopolassar was the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his coronation as king of Babylon in 626 BC to his death in 605 BC. Though initially only aimed at restoring and securing the independence of Babylonia, Nabopolassar's uprising against the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which had ruled Babylonia for more than a century, eventually led to the complete destruction of the ...
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Other articles where Nabopolassar is discussed: Nebuchadnezzar II: …eldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, founder of the Chaldean empire. He is known from cuneiform inscriptions, the Bible and later Jewish sources, and classical authors. His name, from the Akkadian Nabu-kudurri-uṣur, means “O Nabu, watch over my heir.”
