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The most important evidence are contemporary Babylonian documents that date themselves to the reign of the rebel kings of 484 BC; Bel-shimanni and Shamash-eriba, confirming the existence of the rebels, their names, and their revolt against Persian rule. In addition to these documents, the Daiva inscription by Xerxes, which records the ...
Year 484 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mamercus and Vibulanus (or, less frequently, year 270 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 484 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...
The first revolt broke out in June or July of 484 BC and was led by a rebel of the name Bel-shimanni. Bel-shimmani's revolt was short-lived; Babylonian documents written during his reign only account for a period of two weeks. [28] Two years later, Babylon produced another rebel leader, Shamash-eriba.
484 BC October 484 BC Babylonian rebel [125] Bel-shimanni: Bêl-šimânni: July 484 BC August 484 BC Babylonian rebel [125] Xerxes I the Great (Second reign) Aḫšiaršu: October 484 BC 465 BC King of the Achaemenid Empire — retook Babylon [122] Artaxerxes I: Artakšatsu: 465 BC December 424 BC King of the Achaemenid Empire — son of Xerxes ...
Babylon Remnants of the Babylonian Empire (after c. 1595 BC) c. 1732 BC c. 1732 BC Puzur-Sin's Uprising: Assyria: Amorites Babylon: c. 1732 BC c. 1726 or 1720 BC Assyrian Civil War: Troops of Adasi: Troops of Puzur-Sin Troops of Ashur-apla-idi Troops of Nasir-Sin Troops of Sin-namir Troops of Ipqi-Ishtar Troops of Adad-salulu Amorites Babylon ...
Revolt of Babylon: Neo-Assyrian Empire: Babylonians, led by Nabopolassar: The Babylonians overthrew Assyrian rule, establishing the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which ruled over the Near East for about a century. [8] 570 BC Amasis revolt Egypt: Egyptian soldiers Pharaoh Apries was overthrown and exiled, giving Amasis II the opportunity to seize the ...
486–465 BC), also faced two Babylonian revolts, two contemporary uprisings in 484 BC led by the rebels Bel-shimanni and Shamash-eriba. [10] The revolts against Xerxes in particular led the Persians to incur retribution on the Babylonians.
Assyrian control of Babylon was ended with the successful revolt of Nabopolassar in 626 BC, which established the Neo-Babylonian Empire. [29] Nabopolassar's son and heir, Nebuchadnezzar II ( r. 605–562 BC) widened the streets of Babylon so that the parade of the statue through the city at the New Year's festival would be made easier.