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Neo-Babylonian Empire

626 BC – 539 BCCapital: Babylon

History

The last great Mesopotamian empire ruled by native kings. Famous for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate.

It was a major power allied with Lydia and Egypt against the rising Persians.

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Related Wars

Lydian-Persian War

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Related Civilizations

Achaemenid Empire

Originating as the Kingdom of Anshan, a vassal of the Median Empire, it rose to power under Cyrus the Great, becoming the First Persian Empire. Spanning from the Balkans and Egypt to the Indus Valley,...

Kingdom of Lydia

The Kingdom of Lydia was a powerful ancient Iron Age kingdom in western Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Rising from the collapse of the Hittite Empire, it flourished under the Mermnad dynasty. Lydia i...

Median Empire

An ancient Iranian empire that encompassed Media, Assyria, and parts of Anatolia before being conquered by Cyrus the Great. It played a crucial role in the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Related People

Croesus

King of Lydia

Cyrus the Great

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

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