Babylonian chronicles

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The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Babylonian literature ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern text ⓘ
cuneiform tablet series ⓘ
historiographical text ⓘ
primary historical source ⓘ
chronologyUsedFor Achaemenid period chronology ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian period chronology ⓘ
late Assyrian period chronology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Babylonia ⓘ
dateOfComposition first millennium BCE ⓘ
describedBySource British Museum ⓘ
documentsEvent accession of Cyrus the Great ⓘ
campaigns in Syria and Palestine ⓘ
conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great ⓘ
eclipses and omens ⓘ
fall of Nineveh ⓘ
internal revolts in Babylonia ⓘ
reign of Nabonidus ⓘ
reign of Nabopolassar ⓘ
reign of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
royal successions ⓘ
wars between Babylonia and Assyria ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
hasPart Chronicle of Nabopolassar ⓘ
Chronicle of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
Chronicle of the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
Chronicle of the Fall of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Fall of Nineveh

Chronicle of the Reign of Esarhaddon ⓘ
Jerusalem Chronicle ⓘ
Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
mainSubject Babylonian history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
materialUsed clay ⓘ
methodOfCreation inscribed with a stylus on wet clay ⓘ
narrativePerspective Babylonian royal and scribal viewpoint ⓘ
preservedIn British Museum ⓘ
various museum collections ⓘ
significantFor chronology of the ancient Near East ⓘ
correlation of biblical and Near Eastern history ⓘ
study of Achaemenid rule in Babylonia ⓘ
study of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 6th century BCE ⓘ
7th century BCE ⓘ
early 5th century BCE ⓘ
late 8th century BCE ⓘ
typicalContent dates, campaigns, accessions, and major events ⓘ
typicalStructure year-by-year entries ⓘ
writingSystem wedge-shaped cuneiform signs ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
writtenInScript cuneiform script ⓘ

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Nebuchadnezzar II → mentionedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Babylonian Chronicles → hasPart → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
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Babylonian Chronicles → hasPart → Chronicle of Nabopolassar ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
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Babylonian Chronicles → hasPart → Chronicle of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
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Babylonian Chronicles → hasPart → Chronicle of the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
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Babylonian Chronicles → hasPart → Chronicle of the Reign of Esarhaddon ⓘ
subject linked to: Babylonian chronicles
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Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) → describedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Median Empire → historicalSource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Battle of Opis → primarySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
King of Anshan → describedBySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → recordedIn → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → recordedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Nabonidus → source → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Nabonidus → source → Verse Account of Nabonidus ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Medes → mentionedInSource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Hipparchus → usedSource → Babylonian astronomical records ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Belšar-uṣur → attestedIn → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Sumerian King List → relatedWork → Babylonian King List ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Fall of Nineveh → describedIn → Babylonian Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Media → mentionedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War → primarySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia → describedIn → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia → describedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Ashur-uballit II → knownFrom → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Fall of the Assyrian Empire → describedBySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Siege of Nineveh → describedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Median Kingdom → historicalSource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Astyages → describedBySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Median dynasty → source → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem → primarySource → Babylonian Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Persian satraps → knownFromSource → Babylonian administrative texts ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
King of Babylon → mentionedIn → Babylonian Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Gubaru → mentionedIn → Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
subject linked to: Gubaru (Gobryas)
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Israelite kingdoms → knownFrom → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Shamash-shum-ukin → sourceMention → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Assyrian forces → documentedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
siege of Assur (614 BCE) → mentionedInSource → Babylonian Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Babylonian chronicles
Shamshi-Adad V → attestedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ