Neo-Babylonian Empire

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian polity
ancient state
empire
alsoKnownAs Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Chaldean Empire
archaeologicalSite Babylon
surface form: ruins of Babylon
capital Babylon
commonLanguage Akkadian
Aramaic
conflict Persians
surface form: Achaemenid Persians

Egypt
Judea
surface form: Kingdom of Judah

Lydia
continent Asia
culturalInfluenceOn Achaemenid administration
Ancient Israel
surface form: ancient Judaism
currency silver-based weight money
diplomaticRelation Egypt
Judea
surface form: Kingdom of Judah

Medes
endTime 539 BCE
era Iron Age
firstRuler Nabopolassar
followed Assyria
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire
followedBy Achaemenid Empire
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire
foundedBy Nabopolassar
governmentType monarchy
hasPart Babylon
surface form: 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 Mesopotamia
surface form: Fertile Crescent

Sumer
surface form: Lower Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia
notablePerson Nabonidus
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar II
notableWork Etemenanki ziggurat
Ishtar Gate
Ishtar Gate
surface form: Processional Way of Babylon

Babylon
surface form: Walls of Babylon
partOf history of Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
ruler Amel-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar II
Neriglissar
significantEvent Babylonian exile
surface form: Babylonian captivity of the Jews

Battle of Carchemish
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE)
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)

Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE)

destruction of the First Temple
significantPlace Babylon
Sippar
Uruk
startTime 626 BCE
writingSystem alphabetic Aramaic script
cuneiform

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Ishtar Gate historicalPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Riblah governedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
King of Persia conquered Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
Etemenanki ziggurat period Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Etemenanki
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Amel-Marduk dynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
Amel-Marduk era Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Battle of Carchemish hasParticipant Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neriglissar dynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
Neriglissar kingdom Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neriglissar era Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Late Babylonian period
Sippar flourishedDuring Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Labashi-Marduk dynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
Labashi-Marduk era Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Late Babylonian period
Labashi-Marduk associatedEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabopolassar countryRuled Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabopolassar royalHouse Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Chaldean dynasty
Nabopolassar founded Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabopolassar timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Nabonidus realm Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabonidus historicalPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Medes alliedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
Palestine historicalControlBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Canaanites conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Amytis of Media timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
Amytis of Media realm Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Amytis of Media relatedDynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) dynasty
Shalmaneser V regionRuled Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonia (as overlord)
land of Moab conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kingdom of Judah conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kingdom of Judah tributaryTo Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kingdom of Judah vassalOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
Fast of Gedaliah associatedEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Moabites subjectTo Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Moab conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Philistines eventuallyConqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonians timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Babylonians flourishedDuring Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BCE)
Book of Judith setInPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Edom conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Fast of the Tenth of Tevet associatedEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
Apries conflictWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Necho II conflict Neo-Babylonian Empire
Hanging Gardens of Babylon associatedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
Belšar-uṣur memberOfDynasty Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
Belšar-uṣur activeInPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
Belšar-uṣur dynastyNumber Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) dynasty
Belšar-uṣur associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio "Belshazzar" historicalContext Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Belshazzar
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire