The Neo-Babylonian Empire
The last flowering of Mesopotamian imperial power came in the late 7th and early 6th centuries B.C. It began when the
Chaldean Nabopolassar led a massive Babylonian uprising against Assyrian rule in the 620s. With Median assi…
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
The last flowering of Mesopotamian imperial power came in the late 7th and early 6th centuries B.C. It began when the
Chaldean Nabopolassar led a massive Babylonian uprising against Assyrian rule in the 620s. With Median assistance,
Nabopolassar destroyed Assyria; then he and his successor, Nebuchadrezzar, went on to conquer an empire that took in
both the northern Fertile Crescent and the Levant. Little information has been recovered that casts light on the organization and administration of the Neo-Babylonian empire or its army. It appears that in many ways the Neo-Babylonians modeled their empire on that of the Assyrians. The Neo-Babylonian empire was short-lived. For reasons that are obscure,
Nebuchadrezzar’s successor, Nabonidus, absented himself in northern Arabia for 10 years, then returned to confront
popular discontent and the attacks of a Persian conqueror, Cyrus the Great. The combination of the two led to the collapse
of the Neo-Babylonian empire and a permanent end to Mesopotamian independence.
Robert L. Dise Jr. has taught at the University of Northern Iowa since 1992; prior to joining its faculty, he taught at Clinch Valley College (now the University of Virginia’s College at Wise). He received his B.A. in History from the University of Virginia (at Charlottesville), concentrating on the history of the ancient world, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, specializing in the history of Rome.
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