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- proper noun The first king of the Neo-
Babylonian Empire, who lived c.658 - 605 BCE.
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Examples
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Cyaxares then allied himself to Nabopolassar of Babylon and, in 612 the Medians and Babylonians destroyed the Assyrian capital Nineveh (See 626609).
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Nabopolassar then marched west and defeated the remnants of the Assyrians at Harran.
626-539 2001
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Nabopolassar (Nabu-apal-usur, 626605), the Chaldean king of the Sealand, rebelled from the Assyrians and in 626 took the archaic title king of Akkad.
626-539 2001
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Cyaxares and Nabopolassar divided the Assyrian Empire between them.
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The Nabopolassar had seen it in him on the banks of the river Euphrates, and not even the gods could delude a Chaldaean seer.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Now I know the work of this Nabopolassar, whose brother is seer to the King of Kings himself.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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Orobazus told the Chaldaean seer, the Nabopolassar, to scan the palm and face of the Roman.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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Like the prediction of the Nabopolassar, he told no one, even his son, about the bags of gold.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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But — the only news which cheers me — he executed Orobazus and the Nabopolassar for making more of a Roman than their king.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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Today I begin to understand the Nabopolassar from Chaldaea — I am the greatest man in the world, from Oceanus Atlanticus all the way to the River Indus!
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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