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  • | caption = Nabonidus in relief showing him praying to the moon, sun and Venus (British Museum) | successor = [[Cyrus the Great]] (by conquering Babylonia)
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  • ...'[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', the world's oldest literature. He is accepted as the first-known [[Chaldean people|Chaldean]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[ ...as a daughter of [[Ishaak Halabee]] of [[Aleppo, Syria]], also then within the Ottoman Empire.<ref name="rassam">[http://www.edessa.com/profiles/rasam.htm
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  • |flag_s1 = Standard of Cyrus the Great (Achaemenid Empire).svg |image_map_caption = The Neo-Babylonian Empire at its greatest extent
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  • ...128.jpg|thumb|right|Terracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]] ...arran, an Chaldean city and the last stronghold of the Neo-Chaldeans after the fall of [[Nineveh]], their main [[Capital city|capital]].<ref>W. Mayer, "Na
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  • ...ional [[Babylonia]]n king lists and modern archaeological findings. One of the most popular kings known of ruling Babylonia and having a very important co ...cations, and related to its predecessor, the [[Sumerian King List]]. As in the latter, contemporaneous dynasties are misleadingly listed as successive wit
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  • | caption = Nabonidus in relief showing him praying to the moon, sun and Venus (British Museum) ...praised", نابونيد) is the [[List of Kings of Babylon|last king]] of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]], reigning from 556–539 BC.
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  • ...g the [[Tigris]] to try to take the capital by surprise. This plan worked: the Persian troops reached Babylon undetected and caught it unawares, meeting o
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  • ...tues and their cultic personnel were indeed brought to Babylon just before the Persian attack:
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  • ...Ancient West & East'' '''7''' (2008:49-63).</ref> Accounts by Berossus and the retrospective Hellenistic Babylonian dynastic prophecies state that he was
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  • ...or the lengthening of my days, may they intercede favorably on my behalf."|Cyrus Cylinder, 30-34}}
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  • ...the Neo-Chaldean king [[Sargon II]] and later [[Alexander the Great]] took the city.<ref>Kuhrt 2007 ("'Ex oriente lux'...").</ref>
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  • ...39 BC) empires|the region called Chaldea or Babylonia by Jewish sources in the later, Talmudic period|Talmudic Academies in Babylonia|other uses|Babylonia ...Assyrian Empire]]; however, the Babylonian empire rapidly fell apart after the death of Chaldean king Hammurabi.
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  • ...tyage]], roi des Mèdes, a vent du complot et le convoque à [[Ecbatane]]. Cyrus refuse, ce qui provoque une guerre qui se terminera par la victoire des Per ...de Sîn à Harran, puis retourne à Babylone à la veille de l’action de Cyrus contre la capitale. Nabonide ne semble pas avoir compris le danger qui mena
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  • ...tyage]], roi des Mèdes, a vent du complot et le convoque à [[Ecbatane]]. Cyrus refuse, ce qui provoque une guerre qui se terminera par la victoire des Per ...de Sîn à Harran, puis retourne à Babylone à la veille de l’action de Cyrus contre la capitale. Nabonide ne semble pas avoir compris le danger qui mena
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  • ...eans,_2000_BC_2015-07-24_10-24.jpg|thumbnail|List of Babylonian months by the Chaldeans, 2000 BC]] ...The calendar is based on a Sumerian ([[Ur III]]) predecessor preserved in the '''Umma calendar''' of [[Shulgi]] (c. 21st century BC).
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  • ...– c. 562&nbsp;BC, the longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian empire.{{sfn|Freedman|2000|p=953}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https: ...had them built out of pure blue stone. Upon the walls in the inner room of the gate are bulls and dragons and thus I magnificently adorned them with luxur
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