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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Babylonian calendar standardizedUnder Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ebabbar periodOfUse Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Tell Abu Habbah period Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Battle of Harran belligerent Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ashur-uballit II conflict Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kandalanu chronologicalPredecessorOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian dynasty
Chaldea associatedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
Chaldea timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Fall of the Assyrian Empire hasParticipant Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian revolt against Assyria followedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian revolt against Assyria relatedTo Neo-Babylonian Empire
Cyaxares alliance Neo-Babylonian Empire
Adad-happe countryOfCitizenship Neo-Babylonian Empire
Adad-happe timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Siege of Nineveh belligerent Neo-Babylonian Empire
Siege of Nineveh involvedPolity Neo-Babylonian Empire
Median Kingdom ally Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi civilization Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi era Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
conquest of Tayma hasParticipant Neo-Babylonian Empire
conquest of Tayma relatedTo Neo-Babylonian Empire
UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Babylon) associatedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Median dynasty alliance Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem country Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem belligerent Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem historicalPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
House of Nebuchadnezzar country Neo-Babylonian Empire
House of Nebuchadnezzar partOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
House of Nebuchadnezzar era Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Kashshaya countryOfCitizenship Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kashshaya timePeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Nergal-šarra-uṣur country Neo-Babylonian Empire
Kingdom of Tyre subjugatedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian architecture partOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Neo-Babylonian architecture appliesTo Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian kings partOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian kings country Neo-Babylonian Empire
Αμυτις associatedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
King of Babylon country Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Neriglissar
King of Babylon realm Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Neriglissar
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
King of Babylon historicalPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Neriglissar
this entity surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
Solomon's Temple destroyedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Har HaBayit firstTempleDestroyedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
Ascalon conqueredBy Neo-Babylonian Empire
this entity surface form: Babylonian Empire
King of Babylon associatedWith Neo-Babylonian Empire
Siege of Jerusalem combatant Neo-Babylonian Empire
subject surface form: Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE)
Mizpah associatedWithEmpire Neo-Babylonian Empire
Gedaliah ben Ahikam appointedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire