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Nebuchadnezzar II: Building Programs, Campaigns, and Court (605–562 BCE)

Nebuchadnezzar II: Building Programs, Campaigns, and Court (605–562 BCE)

  1. Victory over Egypt at Carchemish

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar II, Battle of, Babylonian army

  2. Babylonian pursuit victory near Hamath

    Labels: Babylonian army, Battle near, Levant

  3. Coronation as King of Babylon

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar II, Coronation, Babylon

  4. Campaign against Egypt checked near Migdol

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar II, Migdol campaign, Egypt frontier

  5. Major rebuilding of Babylon’s fortifications

    Labels: Babylon, City fortifications, Foundation cylinders

  7. Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle tablet is compiled

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle, BM 21946, British Museum

  8. Second siege of Jerusalem begins

    Labels: Second siege, Zedekiah, Babylonian army

  9. Long siege of Tyre begins

    Labels: Siege of, Phoenicia, Nebuchadnezzar II

  11. Ishtar Gate and Processional Way monumentalized

    Labels: Ishtar Gate, Processional Way, Nebuchadnezzar II

  12. Siege of Tyre ends after extended blockade

    Labels: End of, Tyre, Babylonian blockade

  13. Nebuchadnezzar II dies; Amel-Marduk succeeds

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar II, Amel-Marduk, Succession

  14. Nebuchadnezzar II begins reign in Babylon

    Labels: Nebuchadnezzar II, Accession, Nabopolassar