Nabopolassar
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| Nabopolassar, King of Babylon |
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| predecessor | ? |
| successor | Nebuchadnezzar II |
| birth | ? |
| death | 605 BC |
| spouse | ? |
| father | ? |
| mother | unknown |
Nabopolassar, Nabopollasar[1] or Nabopolassaros[2] ruled as the first king of the Late Babylonian Empire for 29 years (possibly including joint reigns) according to Berossus[3], but only 21 years as is commonly accepted (as per the Canon of Ptolemy) to have reigned from 625 to 605 B.C.
Nabopolassar fought Egypt between 610 and 605 B.C., whereupon his son Nebuchadnezzar II won the Battle of Carchemish and then took the throne upon his father's death that same year.
Nabopolassar is best known for conquering the Assyrian Empire in 609 B.C., which had already been weakened and deserted by its allies.
Death
He is noted to have died in Babylon in 605 BC.
References
- ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jerusalem, as found in I.P. Cory's The Ancient Fragments"
- ↑ https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/ptolemys-canon/
- ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jewish Temple, as found in I.P. Cory's The Ancient Fragments"
