Neo-Babylonian
Rule returned to Babylon in 626 BC, when Nabopolassar seized the throne. The empire fell in 539 BC when king Cyrus II of Persia overthrew Nabonidus, the last native ruler of Babylon.
Description:
After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, led by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Cimmerians, the Neo-Babylonian Empire flourished. The seat of the empire was transferred from Nineveh to Babylonia, and economics, agriculture, building projects, arts, and sciences flourished. The period was a renaissance of Sumerian/Akkadian traditions. Temples dominated the urban social structure, legal system, and social hierarchy. The period ended during the reign of Nabonidus, when Babylon was captured by Cyrus the Great.
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Short/Low Chronology:
Middle Chronology: 625-539 BCE
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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 | 135E | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1963,0716.1 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.675 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 2000,0831.3 | (none) | (none) | |
| 90709 | (none) | 1931,1010.586 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1932,1008.286 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.428 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1970,0416.1 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15889 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.638 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6322B | 52-30-56 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 7839L | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 7839Q | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 10408A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 11445A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 17238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 17629 | 52-30-17 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 20086A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 16240B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 clay tablets (A) Neo-Babylonian letter; (B) Neo-Babylonian commercial document. Date: 9th year of Nabopolassar |
| 16240A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 clay tablets (A) Neo-Babylonian letter; (B) Neo-Babylonian commercial document. Date: 9th year of Nabopolassar |
| 806 | (none) | 1923,1110.2 | (none) | Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone. |
Related Terms
Ubaid - Uruk - Jemdat Nasr - Early Dynastic / Sumerian - Akkadian Dynasty - Guti/Post Akkadian - Ur III - Old Babylonian - Middle Assyrian - Kassite - Neo-Assyrian - Achaemenid Empire (Persian) - Seleucid - Parthian