• Amel-Marduk (Babylonian cuneiform:   Amēl-Marduk, meaning "man of Marduk"), also known as Awil-Marduk, or under the biblical rendition of his name, Evil-Merodach...
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    II and the reigns of his three immediate successors, Amel-Marduk, Neriglissar and Labashi-Marduk. This lack of sources has the unfortunate effect that...
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  • (Amel-Marduk), who "ruled capriciously and had no regard for the laws". After a reign of two years, Neriglassaros (Neriglissar) plotted against Amel-Marduk...
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  • Kashshaya. Nebuchadnezzar was initially succeeded by his son, Amel-Marduk, but Amel-Marduk's reign only lasted for two years before Neriglissar usurped the...
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  • alternative name of Marduk, a Mesopotamian god. Merodach may also refer to : Evil-Merodach, an alternative name for Amel-Marduk, the son and successor...
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  • Aspelta as King of Kush. 562 BC: Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar as King of Babylon. 560 BC: Neriglissar succeeds Amel-Marduk as King of Babylon. 561 BC/560...
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  • known Panathenaic Games of Ancient Greece are held in Athens. 562 BC—Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar II as king of Babylon. 561 BC—All eight planets...
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    Daniel, where they cited similarities between Amel-Marduk's reign and the account, namely that Amel-Marduk was the only king of Babylon to have seen religious...
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    of Nabopolassar, Amel-Marduk and Neriglissar. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-587-6. Dalley, Stephanie (1997). "Statues of Marduk and the date of Enūma...
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    Lord", is applied to the trio: "Name" to Nebuchadnezzar, "remnant" to Amel-Marduk, "son" to Belshazzar, and "grandchild" Vashti (ib.). The command given...
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    advantageous. Nabopolassar's descendants ruled Babylonia until his grandson, Amel-Marduk, was deposed by the general and official Neriglissar in 560 BC. Neriglissar...
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  • the presumed succession went from Nebuchadnezzar to his son Amel-Marduk, and from Amel-Marduk to his son Baltasar. Although the full regnal years of the...
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    released from prison "in the 37th year of the exile", in the year that Amel-Marduk (Evil-Merodach) came to the throne, and given a prestigious position...
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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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    X Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus...
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    ISBN 978-0199875757. Da Riva, Rocío (2013). The Inscriptions of Nabopolassar, Amel-Marduk and Neriglissar. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-1614515876. Deloucas, Andrew...
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  • calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Amel-Marduk succeeds Nebuchadnezzar II as king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar II, emperor...
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    III Neo-Babylonian Empire Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares...
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    III Neo-Babylonian Empire Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares...
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    He is credited with building the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Amel-Marduk succeeded to the throne and reigned for only two years. Little contemporary...
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    and they also give the accession year of Nebuchadnezzar's successor Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach) as 562/561 BC,[citation needed] which was the 37th year...
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    III Neo-Babylonian Empire Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares...
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    co-reign with his son, Amel-Marduk, who was deposed in 560 BC after a reign of only two years. Neriglissar succeeded Amel-Marduk. It is unclear as to whether...
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    and they also give the accession year of Nebuchadnezzar's successor Amel-Marduk (Evil Merodach) as 562/561 BC, which was the 37th year of Jehoiachin's...
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    been disrupted by Nabonidus, who had promoted the cult of Sin rather than Marduk, and he also portrayed himself as restoring the heritage of the Neo-Assyrian...
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    presenting the laws written in the Code, Hammurabi states, "When the god Marduk commanded me to provide just ways for the people of the land (in order to...
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    Marduk-apla-iddina II (Akkadian: DMES.A.SUM-na; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan or Berodach-Baladan, lit. Marduk has given me an heir) was a Chaldean leader...
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    tablet giving a chemical recipe for glaze reads “property of a priest of Marduk in Eridu,” thought to be a quarter of Babylon rather than the city of Eridu...
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    conqueror who spread civilization and forced all peoples to pay obeisance to Marduk, the national god of the Babylonians. Later, his military accomplishments...
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    III Neo-Babylonian Empire Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus Median Empire Deioces Phraortes Madyes Cyaxares...
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