Person562 BC
Nebuchadnezzar II
Also called: Nebuchadrezzar II
King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (r. 605–562 BC) who destroyed Jerusalem and deported the people of Judah to Babylon
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Nebuchadnezzar II of Neo-Babylonia destroyed Jerusalem and carried the people of Judah off to Babylon (the Babylonian captivity). Babylon became a great city adorned with the Ishtar Gate.
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- Early Civilizations and Empires3500 BC – 486 BC
From the first civilizations in the great river valleys to the first empires of the Near East, India and China — comparing their writing, law, religion and rule