Neriglissar (Babylonian cuneiform: Nergal-šar-uṣur or Nergal-šarra-uṣur, meaning "Nergal, protect the king") was the fourth king of the Neo-Babylonian...
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incompetent. In 560 BCE, he was overthrown and murdered by his brother-in-law Neriglissar, who thereafter ruled as king. Amēl-Marduk was the successor of his father...
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Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling in 556 BC. He was the son and successor of Neriglissar. Though classical authors such as Berossus wrote that Labashi-Marduk...
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Nabopolassar through descent, was deposed in 560 BC by the Aramean official Neriglissar (r. 560–556 BC), though he was connected to the Chaldean kings through...
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Neriglissar, who in August 560 BC, after murdering his brother-in-law Amel-Marduk, took the throne of Babylon. It is also possible that Neriglissar was...
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prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as king of Babylon. Pisistratus is expelled to Euboea from Athens, and...
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the Neo-Babylonian period. The only other similar case is Neriglissar, though Neriglissar lacked royal blood and had not been the intended successor...
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Nabopolassar (r. 626–605 BC), Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC) and Neriglissar (r. 560–556 BC). While no conclusive evidence currently exists, Adad-guppi...
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BC: Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as King of Babylon. 560 BC: Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as King of Babylon. 561 BC/560 BC: Croesus becomes...
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before being assassinated in a coup by the influential courtier Neriglissar. Neriglissar was a simmagir, a governor of one of the eastern provinces, and...
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