Babylonian Chronicles and Royal Year-Lists (c. 7th–4th century BCE)

1. Uruk King List preserves Achaemenid regnal lengths

   Jan 1, 522Labels: Uruk King, Achaemenid kings

   • Livius

2. Cyrus takes Babylon (reported for 539 BCE)

   Oct 1, 539Labels: Nabonidus Chronicle, Cyrus the

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3. Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle tablet produced (copy)

   Jan 1, 550Labels: Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, BM 21946

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4. Cyrus defeats Astyages (as reported in Nabonidus Chronicle)

   Jan 1, 550Labels: Nabonidus Chronicle, Cyrus vs

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5. Nabonidus Chronicle covers reign years 555–539 BCE

   Jan 1, 555Labels: Nabonidus Chronicle, BM 35382

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6. Jerusalem captured and king taken (597 BCE)

   Mar 16, 597Labels: BM 21946, Jerusalem 597

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7. Battle of Carchemish recorded in regnal-year narrative

   Jan 1, 605Labels: Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, Battle of

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8. Nineveh captured after months-long siege

   Aug 1, 612Labels: Fall of, Assyrian collapse

   • Livius
   • British Museum

9. Fall of Nineveh Chronicle covers 616–609 BCE

   Jan 1, 616Labels: Fall of, 616 609

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   • Livius

10. Uruk King List begins with Kandalanu

    Jan 1, 647Labels: Uruk King, Kandalanu

    • Livius

11. Chronicle tradition records events year-by-year

    Jan 1, 700Labels: Babylonian chronicles, Annalistic format

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    • Britannica

12. Nabû-nāṣir’s accession anchors later year-lists

    Jan 1, 747Labels: Nab -n, Nabonassar era

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    • Livius
    • Wikipedia

13. Ptolemy’s Canon corroborates Babylonian regnal sequencing

    Jan 1, 747Labels: Ptolemy's Canon, Nabonassar sequence

    • Livius
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