24 events with tag "Babylon"
1792 BC
ID: 3647
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon - begins 42-year reign that will transform city-state into empire
ID: 3647
1761 BC
ID: 3648
Hammurabi conquers Mari - unifies most of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule
ID: 3648
1244 BC
ID: 3613
Tukulti-Ninurta I captures Babylon - first Assyrian to rule both Assyria and Babylonia
ID: 3613
1074 BC
ID: 4632
Ashur-bel-kala makes peace with Babylon through dynastic marriage - temporary stabilization
ID: 4632
689 BC
ID: 4639
Sennacherib destroys Babylon completely - floods the city, shocking the ancient world
ID: 4639
648 BC
ID: 4643
Ashurbanipal defeats and kills brother Shamash-shum-ukin - Babylon destroyed again after 4-year siege
ID: 4643
605 BC
ID: 2767
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats Egypt, Babylon becomes dominant power (Babylonian Chronicle confirms)
ID: 2767
605 BC
ID: 2768
First deportation to Babylon - Nebuchadnezzar takes Daniel and Judean nobles after Jehoiakim submits
ID: 2768
605 BC
ID: 4647
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats remnant Assyrian-Egyptian forces, Babylon supreme
ID: 4647
604 BC
ID: 5800
Nebuchadnezzar destroys Philistine cities - Ashkelon destroyed, Philistines begin to disappear as distinct people
ID: 5800
600 BC
ID: 3671
Hanging Gardens of Babylon built - Nebuchadnezzar creates wonder for homesick Median wife (traditional date)
ID: 3671
600 BC
ID: 4209
Sirrush dragon depicted on Ishtar Gate - scaly dragon-like creature with snake head, lion body, bird feet carved in relief
ID: 4209
600 BC
ID: 5801
Philistines cease to exist as distinct people - absorbed into local populations after Babylonian conquests
ID: 5801
597 BC
ID: 2770
Zedekiah made king - Nebuchadnezzar installs Jehoiachin's uncle as puppet king of Judah
ID: 2770
594 BC
ID: 2771
Jeremiah prophesies 70 years of exile - tells Judeans to settle in Babylon and seek its welfare
ID: 2771
592 BC
ID: 2804
Jehoiachin's ration tablets - Babylonian records list oil rations for 'Yaukin king of Judah' and five sons
ID: 2804
588 BC
ID: 2803
Lachish Letters written - military correspondence during Babylonian siege, confirms biblical account
ID: 2803
588 BC
ID: 2773
January 588 BC
Final siege of Jerusalem begins - Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounds city, 18-month siege starts
ID: 2773
580 BC
ID: 2777
By the rivers of Babylon - exiled Judeans weep remembering Zion, refuse to sing songs in foreign land
ID: 2777
562 BC
ID: 2781
Death of Nebuchadnezzar - after 43-year reign, Babylon begins decline under weak successors
ID: 2781
550 BC
ID: 4166
Daniel destroys the dragon of Babylon - feeds it cakes of pitch, fat and hair causing it to burst, proving it was not a god (Book of Daniel)
ID: 4166
539 BC
ID: 2783
Fall of Babylon - Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon without battle, diverts Euphrates, enters under walls
ID: 2783
219
ID: 4853
Rav establishes Sura academy in Babylon - Returns from Palestine, creates major center of Jewish learning
ID: 4853
589
ID: 4863
Geonic period begins - Heads of Babylonian academies become authorities for worldwide Jewry
ID: 4863