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The revolt began in July 484 BC, the fourth month of Xerxes's second year as king. The citizens of Sippar (north of Babylon) proclaimed Shamash-eriba as king of Babylon and he also took for himself the title king of the Lands. In the same month, a second rebel king, Bel-shimanni, was recognised in Borsippa and Dilbat (south of Babylon). Shamash ...
The Revolt of Babylon in 626 BC refers to the revolt of the general Nabopolassar and his war of independence until he successfully consolidated control of Babylonia in 620 BC, defeating the Neo-Assyrian Empire which had ruled Babylonia for more than a century.
Revolt of Babylon (652 BC) – unsuccessful revolt by Shamash-shum-ukin against Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. Revolt of Babylon (626 BC) – successful revolt by Nabopolassar against Assyrian king Sinsharishkun, which saw the establishment of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Revolt of Babylon (522 BC) – unsuccessful revolt by Nebuchadnezzar III ...
Judah's revolts against Babylon (601–586 BCE) were attempts by the Kingdom of Judah to escape dominance by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Resulting in a Babylonian victory and the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah, it marked the beginning of the prolonged hiatus in Jewish self-rule in Judaea until the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.
Babylonian revolt. Babylonian prisoners under the surveillance of an Assyrian guard, reign of Ashurbanipal 668–630 BC, Nineveh, British Museum ME 124788.
Nabopolassar, possibly using the political instability caused by the previous revolt and the ongoing interregnum in the south, [8] [11] assaulted both Nippur and Babylon. [n 1] In the aftermath of a failed Assyrian counterattack, Nabopolassar was formally crowned King of Babylon on November 22/23, 626 BC, restoring Babylonia as an independent ...
The fall of Babylon occurred in 539 BC, ... Cyrus became king of all Persia and was engaged in a campaign to put down a revolt among the Assyrians in 547 BC.
According to the Behistun Inscription, Babylon revolted twice against Darius, and was recaptured on the second occasion by his general Gobryas. Herodotus only mentions the first revolt of Babylon in which Zopyrus captured the city for Darius, and omits this second revolt. [28]