State
Neo-Babylonian Empire
former empire
- This boundary
- 626–539 BCE
- Founded
- 626 BCE
- Ended
- 539 BCE
- Capital
- Babylon
- Languages
- Akkadian
- Preceded by
- Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Succeeded by
- Achaemenid Empire
Overview
The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to ancient Mesopotamia. Beginning with the coronation of Nabopolassar as the King of Babylon in 626 BC and being firmly established through the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612–609 BC, the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 539 BC, less than a century after the founding of the Chaldean dynasty.
All rulers (1)
- Nebuchadnezzar II605–562 BCE
Records (9)
- 606 BCE — Siege of KimuhuSiege
- 605 BCE — Battle of HamathBattle
- 605 BCE — Battle of QuramatiBattle
- 601 BCE — Battle of MigdolBattle
- 599 BCE — Battle of Dhat IrqBattle
- 597 BCE — Battle of JerusalemBattle · Babylon ▸ Judah
- 587 BCE — Battle of JerusalemBattle · Babylon ▸ Judah
- 541 BCE — Battle of Babylon, IraqBattle · Persia ▸ Babylon
- 539 BCE — Fall of BabylonBattle
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).