HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Cyrus Cylinder, Babylonian Captivity, Nabonidus
20 Jun 2020
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The neo-babylonian empire continues neo-assyrian deportation practices during the babylonian. Nebuchadnezzar ii implements a federal model of monarchy. Neo-babylonians conquered the assyrian empire thanks to median insurgents. Nebuchadnezzar succeeded in expanding the idea of empire from one city, ashur or babylon, to turn babylon into heaven itself. The blue on the beautiful gates of babylon was supposed to represent heaven. Both the assyrian and babylonian empires had internal weaknesses that led to their demise. 738-639 bc = the beginning and end of the neo-assyrian empire. One of the weaknesses of the assyrian empire was the issue that assyria had with its neighbour babylon; it was culturally independent from babylon. 626-539 bc = the beginning and end of the babylonian empire. Between 612-539 bc, the medes struck a deal with elam and, joining the persians, created the. In 546 bc, cyrus took over lydia in western asia minor, and surrounded the neo-babylonian empire from the east, north, and west.
