Babylonia

The Kudurru

Something interesting appeared during this time, and object called a Kudurru. It was a large stone with inscribed details of land grants that were grants of tax exemption on land. Most of the Kudurru were actually large boundary stones bearing the symbols of the deities, which were invoked in the text to guard from terrestrial encroachment. [Middle...

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Tiglath pileser III

During Nabu-nasir's reign a great Assyrian king named Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) marched right into Babylonia and took the crown for himself. [Neo Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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King and State in Ancient Babylon

the King's Palace, Harem, Scribes and Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar's palace was considered by Herodotus to be the most magnificent building ever erected on earth. [Ancient Babylonia] Bible History Online...

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The Tigris River

The Tigris River was known by the Hebrews as "Hiddekel" and is one of the two large rivers of Mesopotamia, which the Bible says, flowed from the Garden of Eden (Gen 2:14). It is formed by the confluence of two rivers that flow from the mountains of Armenia. In ancient times the courses of the Tigris and Euphrates were separate. Their confluence b...

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The Language of the Babylonians

The Babylonian language was a dialect of Akkadian, a Semitic language, written in cuneiform script. Politically and economically Babylonia remained a number of small autonomous city-states ruled by local dynasties and later emerging into an imperial structure. [Old Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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HISTORICAL TIME CHART (Biblical and Historical)

2090 B.C. - 70 A.D. [Old Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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Nebuchadnezzar I

There soon emerged a new line of rulers who had descended from Isin, who were known as the second dynasty of Isin. At this time Babylon became the capital again, and it was at Babylon that the most important members of this dynasty reigned. One of the great rulers in this time period who had become a legend in Babylonian tradition was Nebuchadnezza...

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The Babylonian Chronicles

During this time the Babylonian chronicles were written, a recording of events in Babylonia for the remainder of her history. A portion of this has been discovered. This clay tablet is a Babylonian chronicle recording events from 605-594 BC. It was first translated in 1956 and is now in the British Museum. The cuneiform text on this clay tablet tel...

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Economy and Social Structure in Ancient Babylon

Houses, Families, Schools and more. [Ancient Babylonia] Bible History Online...

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Nebuchadnezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II marched back to Babylon and was crowned king, which inaugurated one of the most powerful periods in Babylonian history. Nebuchadnezzar continued his brilliant campaigns focusing his military maneuvers on the west, which he effectively brought under his control. It was the kingdom of Judah who had called upon Egypt to assist them a...

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