Nabopolassar | |
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King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire | |
Reign | 22/23 November 626 BC – July 605 BC[1][2] |
Predecessor | Sinsharishkun (Neo-Assyrian Empire) |
Successor | Nebuchadnezzar II |
Born | c. 658 BC[3] Uruk (?) |
Died | 605 BC[3] (aged c. 53) Babylon |
Issue | Nebuchadnezzar II Nabu-shum-lishir Nabu-zer-ushabshi |
Akkadian | Nabû-apla-uṣur |
Dynasty | Chaldean dynasty |
Father | Kudurru (?) |
Nabopolassar was the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire he reigned from 626 BC to 605 BC.