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| − | '''Nabopolassar''' ruled as the first king of the Late [[Babylonian Empire]] from 625 to 605 B.C. | + | '''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. |
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. | ||
Revision as of 09:16, April 7, 2023
Nabopolassar, or Nabopollasar[1] ruled as the first king of the Late Babylonian Empire 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.
- ↑ Berossus the Chaldean, Babylonika, from Alexander Polyhistor, of the Destruction of Jerusalem, as found in I.P. Cory's The Ancient Fragments"