Neo-Babylonian Empire

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The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian polity ⓘ
ancient state ⓘ
empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chaldean Empire ⓘ
archaeologicalSite ruins of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
capital Babylon ⓘ
commonLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
conflict Achaemenid Persians ⓘ
linked to: Persians

Egypt ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Judea

Lydia ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Achaemenid administration ⓘ
ancient Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Israel
currency silver-based weight money ⓘ
diplomaticRelation Egypt ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Judea

Medes ⓘ
endTime 539 BCE ⓘ
era Iron Age ⓘ
firstRuler Nabopolassar ⓘ
followed Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
followedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
foundedBy Nabopolassar ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Babylonian city of Babylon ⓘ
parts of Anatolia ⓘ
parts of Elam ⓘ
parts of Palestine ⓘ
parts of Syria ⓘ
knownFor astronomical observations ⓘ
conquest of Jerusalem ⓘ
legal and economic documents written on clay tablets ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
revival of Babylon as a cultural center ⓘ
lastRuler Nabonidus ⓘ
locatedIn Fertile Crescent ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Sumer

Mesopotamia ⓘ
notablePerson Nabonidus ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
notableWork Etemenanki ziggurat ⓘ
Ishtar Gate ⓘ
Processional Way of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Ishtar Gate

Walls of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
partOf history of Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
ruler Amel-Marduk ⓘ
Labashi-Marduk ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
Neriglissar ⓘ
significantEvent Babylonian captivity of the Jews ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian exile

Battle of Carchemish ⓘ
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (587/586 BCE) ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) ⓘ
destruction of the First Temple ⓘ
significantPlace Babylon ⓘ
Sippar ⓘ
Uruk ⓘ
startTime 626 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem alphabetic Aramaic script ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babylonian exile → hasCause → Neo-Babylonian conquest of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian exile → hasParticipant → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Babylonian exile → country → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Iraq → historicalRegion → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Phoenician civilization → fellUnderControlOf → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
First Temple in Jerusalem → destroyedBy → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Zedekiah → vassalOf → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Cyrus the Great → conquered → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Chaldean Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Cheshvan → nameOriginRegion → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Canaan → conqueredBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Rabbinic Judaism → geographicScope → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar II → countryRuled → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar II → dynasty → Chaldean dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar II → dynasty → Neo-Babylonian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar II → era → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Book of Ezekiel → associatedWithEmpire → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Lamentations → associatedEmpire → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Euphrates → associatedWithAncientCivilization → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Aramaic → usedBy → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Belshazzar → dynasty → Neo-Babylonian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Belshazzar → timePeriod → Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylon → capitalOf → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylon → capitalOf → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Babylon → flourishedDuring → Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Samaria → laterRuledBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Byblos → ruledBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Akkadian → hasDialect → Neo-Babylonian ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Assyria → successor → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Marduk → cultPeriod → Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ur → laterControlledBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Ur of the Chaldeans → governedBy → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Haran → partOf → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Arwad → laterControlledBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Babylonian Chronicles → countryOfOrigin → Babylonia ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
King of Judah → historicalPeriod → Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
King of Judah → subordinateTo → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Chebar canal → historicalContext → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Near Eastern architecture → associatedWithCulture → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Jekonias → capturedBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Jeremiah → associatedWithEmpire → BabylonianEmpire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Mattaniah → capturedBy → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) → belligerent → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Median Empire → ally → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Battle of Opis → belligerent → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Battle of Opis → associatedWith → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Chaldeans → partOf → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Chaldeans → associatedWithDynasty → Neo-Babylonian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian Empire
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → tookPlaceIn → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasParticipant → Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ