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  2. Fall of Babylon - Wikipedia

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    The fall of Babylon was the decisive event that marked the total defeat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire to the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BC. Nabonidus , the final Babylonian king and son of the Assyrian priestess Adad-guppi , [ 2 ] ascended to the throne in 556 BC, after overthrowing his predecessor Labashi-Marduk .

  3. Austrian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Austrian Empire was the main beneficiary from the Congress of Vienna and it established an alliance with Britain, Prussia, and Russia forming the Quadruple Alliance. [8] The Austrian Empire also gained new territories from the Congress of Vienna, and its influence expanded to the north through the German Confederation and also into Italy. [8]

  4. Habsburg monarchy - Wikipedia

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    The Habsburg monarchy, [i] also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, [j] was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is also referred to as the Austrian monarchy (Latin: Monarchia Austriaca) or the Danubian monarchy. [k] [2]

  5. Revolt of Babylon (626 BC) - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after Assur's fall, Sinsharishkun made his last attempt at a counterattack, rushing to rescue the besieged city of Rahilu, but Nabopolassar's army had retreated before a battle could take place. [8] In April or May 612 BC, at the start of Nabopolassar's fourteenth year as King of Babylon, the combined Medo-Babylonian army marched on ...

  6. Kassites - Wikipedia

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    By the time of Babylon's fall, the Kassites had already been part of the region for a century and a half, acting sometimes with Babylon's interests and sometimes against. [2] There are records of Kassite and Babylonian interactions, in the context of military employment, during the reigns of Babylonian kings Samsu-iluna (1686 to 1648 BC), Abī ...

  7. Timeline of Austrian history - Wikipedia

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    The Austrian nobility gave homage to Vladislaus in support of his claim by right of his wife Gertrude. 1247: 3 January: Vladislaus died. 1248: Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, margrave of Baden, married Gertrude. He laid claim to Austria and Styria by right of his wife and left his brother Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden to govern Baden. 1250: 4 ...

  8. Austrian Partition - Wikipedia

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    Austria acquired Polish lands during the First Partition of 1772, and Third Partition of Poland in 1795. [1] In the end, the Austrian sector encompassed the second-largest share of the Commonwealth's population after Russia; [note 1] over 2.65 million people living on 128,900 km 2 (49,800 sq mi) of land constituting the formerly south-central ...

  9. Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) - Wikipedia

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    William F. Albright dated the end of Zedekiah's reign and the fall of Jerusalem to 587 BC whereas Edwin R. Thiele offered 586 BC. [14] In 2004, Rodger Young published an analysis in which he identified 587 BC for the end of the siege, based on details from the Bible and neo-Babylonian sources for related events. [15]