| − | '''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']]<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''', 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]]<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. |