Neo-Babylonian Empire

E12736

Mesopotamian polity ancient state empire

The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.

Aliases (12)

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian polity → ancient state → empire →
alsoKnownAs	Chaldean Empire →
archaeologicalSite	ruins of Babylon →
capital	Babylon →
commonLanguage	Akkadian → Aramaic →
conflict	Achaemenid Persians → Egypt → Kingdom of Judah → Lydia →
continent	Asia →
culturalInfluenceOn	Achaemenid administration → ancient Judaism →
currency	silver-based weight money →
diplomaticRelation	Egypt → Kingdom of Judah → Medes →
endTime	539 BCE →
era	Iron Age →
firstRuler	Nabopolassar →
followed	Neo-Assyrian Empire →
followedBy	Achaemenid Empire → Persian Empire →
foundedBy	Nabopolassar →
governmentType	monarchy →
hasPart	Babylonia → Babylonian city of Babylon → parts of Anatolia → parts of Elam → parts of Palestine → parts of Syria →
knownFor	astronomical observations → conquest of Jerusalem → legal and economic documents written on clay tablets → monumental architecture → revival of Babylon as a cultural center →
lastRuler	Nabonidus →
locatedIn	Fertile Crescent → Lower Mesopotamia → Mesopotamia →
notablePerson	Nabonidus → Nabopolassar → Nebuchadnezzar II →
notableWork	Etemenanki ziggurat → Ishtar Gate → Processional Way of Babylon → Walls of Babylon →
partOf	history of Mesopotamia →
religion	Mesopotamian polytheism →
ruler	Amel-Marduk → Labashi-Marduk → Nabonidus → Nabopolassar → Nebuchadnezzar II → Neriglissar →
significantEvent	Babylonian captivity of the Jews → Battle of Carchemish → Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE) → Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) → destruction of the First Temple →
significantPlace	Babylon → Sippar → Uruk →
startTime	626 BCE →
writingSystem	alphabetic Aramaic script → cuneiform →

Referenced by (79)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amel-Marduk ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") → Belshazzar ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") → Labashi-Marduk ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") → Nebuchadnezzar II ("Chaldean dynasty") → Nebuchadnezzar II ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") → Neriglissar ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") →	dynasty
Amel-Marduk ("Neo-Babylonian period") → Labashi-Marduk ("Late Babylonian period") → Nebuchadnezzar II → Neriglissar ("Late Babylonian period") →	era
Canaan ("Babylonian Empire") → Canaanites → land of Moab →	conqueredBy
Babylonian exile → Battle of Carchemish → Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) →	hasParticipant
Ishtar Gate ("Neo-Babylonian period") → King of Judah ("Neo-Babylonian period") → Nabonidus ("Neo-Babylonian period") →	historicalPeriod
Amytis of Media → Belshazzar ("Neo-Babylonian period") → Nabopolassar ("Neo-Babylonian period") →	timePeriod
Labashi-Marduk → Lamentations ("Babylonian Empire") →	associatedEmpire
Book of Ezekiel → Jeremiah ("BabylonianEmpire") →	associatedWithEmpire
Battle of Opis → Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) →	belligerent
Babylon ("Babylonian Empire") → Babylon →	capitalOf
Jekonias ("Babylonian Empire") → Mattaniah ("Babylonian Empire") →	capturedBy
Cyrus the Great → Cyrus the Great →	conquered
Nabopolassar → Nebuchadnezzar II ("Babylonia") →	countryRuled
Babylon ("Neo-Babylonian period") → Sippar ("Neo-Babylonian period") →	flourishedDuring
Riblah → Ur of the Chaldeans →	governedBy
Arwad ("Babylonian Empire") → Ur ("Babylonian Empire") →	laterControlledBy
Chaldeans → Haran →	partOf
Amytis of Media ("Babylonian Empire") → Nabonidus →	realm
Medes →	alliedWith
Median Empire →	ally
Neo-Babylonian Empire ("Chaldean Empire") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Opis →	associatedWith
Euphrates ("Babylonia") →	associatedWithAncientCivilization
Processional Way of Babylon →	associatedWithCivilization
Chaldeans ("Neo-Babylonian dynasty") →	associatedWithDynasty
Ishtar Gate →	civilization
Babylonian exile →	country
Babylonian Chronicles ("Babylonia") →	countryOfOrigin
Marduk ("Neo-Babylonian period") →	cultPeriod
First Temple in Jerusalem →	destroyedBy
Phoenician civilization ("Babylonian Empire") →	fellUnderControlOf
Nabopolassar →	founded
Rabbinic Judaism ("Babylonia") →	geographicScope
Babylonian exile ("Neo-Babylonian conquest of Judah") →	hasCause
Akkadian ("Neo-Babylonian") →	hasDialect
Chebar canal →	historicalContext
Palestine →	historicalControlBy
Iraq ("Babylonia") →	historicalRegion
Neriglissar →	kingdom
Samaria ("Babylonian Empire") →	laterRuledBy
Cheshvan ("Babylonia") →	nameOriginRegion
Etemenanki ("Neo-Babylonian period") →	period
Shalmaneser V ("Babylonia (as overlord)") →	regionRuled
Amytis of Media ("Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) dynasty") →	relatedDynasty
Nabopolassar ("Chaldean dynasty") →	royalHouse
Byblos ("Babylonian Empire") →	ruledBy
King of Judah →	subordinateTo
Assyria →	successor
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) →	tookPlaceIn
Aramaic →	usedBy
Zedekiah ("Babylonian Empire") →	vassalOf