Nebuchadnezzar II should be remembered for his military achievements, he turned a deteriorating town into an empire, and he was also the greatest king that ancient Babylon has ever had. Nebuchadnezzar was the son of former king, King Nabopolassar. This being said, Nebuchadnezzar had some big shoes to fill. His father defeated the Assyrians and liberated Babylonia from Assyrian rule, Nabopolassar could not do this by himself. He asked for help from the Medes to defeat the Assyrians. In defeating the Assyrians it was a way to provide his son a stable base and ample wealth on which to build. This gave Nebuchadnezzar an opportunity for greatness, which he took full advantage of. Nebuchadnezzar married Amytis of Media. Amytis, being the daughter
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By 705 BC the Semitic empire had fallen under rule of the Assyrians. After the king of Assyria, King Ashurbanipal died in 625 BC, the Chaldean resurgence began in the …show more content…
Egypt also remained Assyrian imperial forces, encamped 50 miles northeast of Aleppo outside Carchemish on the west bank of the Euphrates River. Once Nebuchadnezzar secretly brought large number of two-horse chariots across the river he launched a frontal assault. The surprise attack destroyed the Egyptian position and threw Necho’s army back in a retreat. Nebuchadnezzar pursued and the route was so mind blowing that record says that “finishing them off completely” and “not a single Egyptian escaped to return home.” The pharaoh intact, did make it back. Although he made it back he never regained the strength to fight Nebuchadnezzar again. Nebuchadnezzar may have invaded Egypt, but when he approached the border a messenger arrived saying that his father had died. He stopped the fight and ordered prisoners and booty to be brought to Babylon. He immediately headed for Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar crossed over 600 miles of desert in only two weeks. One he was crowned he returned to Hatti. He spent the next three years fighting. Never showing a bit of loss he accepted submission and tribute to the region’s
By 705 BC the Semitic empire had fallen under rule of the Assyrians. After the king of Assyria, King Ashurbanipal died in 625 BC, the Chaldean resurgence began in the …show more content…
Egypt also remained Assyrian imperial forces, encamped 50 miles northeast of Aleppo outside Carchemish on the west bank of the Euphrates River. Once Nebuchadnezzar secretly brought large number of two-horse chariots across the river he launched a frontal assault. The surprise attack destroyed the Egyptian position and threw Necho’s army back in a retreat. Nebuchadnezzar pursued and the route was so mind blowing that record says that “finishing them off completely” and “not a single Egyptian escaped to return home.” The pharaoh intact, did make it back. Although he made it back he never regained the strength to fight Nebuchadnezzar again. Nebuchadnezzar may have invaded Egypt, but when he approached the border a messenger arrived saying that his father had died. He stopped the fight and ordered prisoners and booty to be brought to Babylon. He immediately headed for Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar crossed over 600 miles of desert in only two weeks. One he was crowned he returned to Hatti. He spent the next three years fighting. Never showing a bit of loss he accepted submission and tribute to the region’s