The Neo-Babylonian Empire (Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar II, Nabonidus)

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Published 2020-08-05
In this episode we take a look at arguably the most famous era of ancient Babylon's history, the Neo-Babylonian Empire. We'll meet the kings Nabopolassar, the infamous Nebuchadnezzar II and Babylonia's last native king, Nabonidus, who was ultimately overthrown by Cyrus the Great of Persia.

Special thanks to Danny Hussain for doing the voices of the various kings and chronicles.

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All Comments (21)
  • @annaabrams8738
    Wow. I never imagined Nebopolessar to be a "lowly" pious man, divinely appointed as liberator from Assyrian oppression. It's absolutely fascinating that that's what he thought of himself!
  • @dda40x1
    I'm highly impressed by the quality of your work.
  • bingewatching your channel, it was exactly what i was looking for, now i can feed my new obsession for ancient mesopotamia. great work and keep those videos coming
  • @samuelvine
    Could you do a specific history of the city of Damascus at some point? As one of the oldest cities in the world I'm guessing there'd be a lot of really cool history to it :)
  • @noeru9s
    Babylonian science, namely astronomy and mathematics is rather well known. But you mentioned there was also philosophy... Since in the West philosophy usually starts with the Greeks I wonder if you could make an episode about pre Greek philosophy in other ancient cultures of the area. I (and probably most others) have never heard of any of those before.
  • @artkoenig9434
    A delightful consultation of the original sources, sir! Thank you!
  • @mooredelira
    it was good to see all the videos in order. thanks
  • @user-sg8ii7ft9i
    Thanks a lot for this amazing series of videos about Ancient Babylonia. I learnt so much useful and astonishing information, and it was very interesting for me. I suppose it took plenty of time and power to make these videos, thanks for sharing this great work. Going to watch your other videos😊
  • Your channel is amazing!!!!! Ive just found it recently and im reallyyyyyy hooked ive watched all the videos about the Babylonians and there marriages cutlture and everything your the only channel whom ive seen who does so much detailed video on Babylon and Babylonians the civilization whom i have always been curious to know more about word can not explain how i am pleased to have founded your channel thank you so much 😁
  • New to this channel, and I can just say that I am extremely impressed with the way these videos are executed. It has everything that any history lover of any magnitude would need to be fully informed about any kingdom. Amazing, thank you! For longer videos, may I suggest adding timestamps in your video description to divide the videos into sort of chapters?
  • @zoethegreatfish
    ❤❤❤ Always love your videos. Awesome to watch while drinking my coffee, this morning. Thank you!
  • Amazing episode! My mind traveled in time to 25 hundred years. Thankful to Danny too - king N.