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'''Nabopolassar''', or '''Nabopollasar'''<ref>Berossus the Chaldean, '''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jerusalem, as found in I.P. Cory's ''The Ancient Fragments"</ref> ruled as the first king of the Late [[Babylonian Empire]] from 625 to 605 B.C.
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<TR><TD COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE="3">Nabopolassar,<br>King of Babylon</FONT></B></TD>
<TR><TD VALIGN="top"><B>predecessor</B></TD><TD VALIGN="top">?</TD>
<TR><TD><B>successor</B></TD><TD VALIGN="top">[[Nebuchadnezzar II]]</TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>birth</B></TD><TD VALIGN="top">?</TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>death</B></TD><TD>605 BC</TD></TR>
<TR><TD><B>spouse</B></TD><TD VALIGN="top">?</TD>
<TR><TD VALIGN="top"><B>father</B></TD><TD>?</TD></TR>
<TR><TD VALIGN="top"><B>mother</B></TD><TD VALIGN="top">unknown</TD></TR>
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'''Nabopolassar''', or '''Nabopollasar'''<ref>Berossus the Chaldean, ''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jerusalem, as found in I.P. Cory's ''The Ancient Fragments"</ref> ruled as the first king of the Late [[Babylonian Empire]] for 29 years (possibly including joint reigns) according to [[Berossus the Chaldean|Berossus's]]<ref>Berossus the Chaldean, ''Babylonika'', from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jewish Temple, as found in I.P. Cory's ''The Ancient Fragments"</ref>, but is commonly understood 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 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.
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]] from a [[Distemper|distemper]].
[[Category:Babylon]]
[[Category:Babylon]]
==References==