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Nabopolassar (Akkadian
Akkadian language

Akkadian or Assyrian-Babylonian is a Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian language, an unrelated language isolate....
:Nabū-apal-usur) was the first king (ruled 625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire

The term Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean refers to Babylonia under the rule of the 11th dynasty, from the revolt of Nabopolassar in 626 BC until the invasion of Cyrus the Great in 539 BC, notably including the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II....
.

He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire (which had ruled Babylon for the previous 200 years) in 626 BC, after the last significant Assyrian king, Assur-bani-pal, died in 627 BC.

The weakened Assyrians couldn't resist his power and that of the Medes
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
, who combined to sack the Assyrian capital of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
 in 612 BC, at the Battle of Nineveh
Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)

The Battle of Nineveh was fought in 612 BC. It witnessed the Neo-Assyrian Empiren capital of Nineveh being sacked, besieged and conquered by allied forces of Medes, Scythians, Babylonians and Susianians....
.






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Nabopolassar (Akkadian
Akkadian language

Akkadian or Assyrian-Babylonian is a Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian language, an unrelated language isolate....
:Nabū-apal-usur) was the first king (ruled 625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire

The term Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean refers to Babylonia under the rule of the 11th dynasty, from the revolt of Nabopolassar in 626 BC until the invasion of Cyrus the Great in 539 BC, notably including the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II....
.

He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire (which had ruled Babylon for the previous 200 years) in 626 BC, after the last significant Assyrian king, Assur-bani-pal, died in 627 BC.

The weakened Assyrians couldn't resist his power and that of the Medes
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
, who combined to sack the Assyrian capital of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
 in 612 BC, at the Battle of Nineveh
Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)

The Battle of Nineveh was fought in 612 BC. It witnessed the Neo-Assyrian Empiren capital of Nineveh being sacked, besieged and conquered by allied forces of Medes, Scythians, Babylonians and Susianians....
. Nabopolassar was left in control of Nineveh and destroyed the remnants of the Assyrian Empire in 605 BC.

Nabopolassar waged war against Egypt
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
 from 610 BC until his death.

In 610 BC, Nabopolassar took the Assyrian city of Harran
Harran

Harran, also known as Carrhae, is a district of Sanliurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey.A very ancient city which was a major Mesopotamian commercial, cultural, and religious center, Harran is a valuable archaeological site....
, where Assyrian forces had retreated after the fall of Nineveh
Nineveh

Nineveh , an "exceeding great city", as it is called in the Book of Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq....
. Later that year, his son Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuchadrezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II, also called King Nebuchadnezzar The Second , was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC....
 succeeded him to the throne of Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
 and won the Battle of Carchemish
Battle of Carchemish

The Battle of Carchemish was fought about 605 BC between the allied armies of History of ancient Egypt and Neo-Assyrian Empire against Neo-Babylonian Empire....
, fought against Pharaoh Necho
Necho

Necho was the name of two Pharaohs of Egypt during the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt. They were:* Necho I * Necho II ...
 of Egypt, shortly before Nabopolassar died.

External links

  • : Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nabopolassar
  • : Chronicle Concerning the Fall of Nineveh
  • : Chronicle Concerning the Late Years of Nabopolassar