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The Neo-Babylonian Empire
By Vickie Chao |
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1 In the fertile plain of Mesopotamia, the Assyrians and the Babylonians were ancient foes. But after the demise of the 1st dynasty of Babylon in 1595 B.C., the Babylonians were forced to sit on the sidelines. For the next couple of centuries, they were first ruled by the Kassites and then by their northern archrivals, the Assyrians. It wasn't until 627 B.C. that the Babylonians were once again given a chance to be their own masters. That year, the powerful Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal, passed away. As the news spread, an ambitious fellow by the name of Nabopolassar jumped at the chance and revolted. The following year, in 626 B.C., he declared himself the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire or the Chaldean Dynasty because Chaldea, a region in southern Babylonia, was where he came from originally.