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Realm · 600–539 BCE

Neo-Babylonian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire appears on the map from 600 BCE to 539 BCE. At its greatest recorded extent, in 600 BCE, it covered about 703,405 km².

One of the realms of Babylonia. Babylon was a small town until an Amorite dynasty made it a capital around 1894 BCE. Its sixth king, Hammurabi, conquered all of southern Mesopotamia and is remembered for his law code carved on a stone pillar.

See Neo-Babylonian Empire on the map in 600 BCE

Reference map: Neo-Babylonian Empire (greatest extent)
Reference map: Neo-Babylonian Empire (greatest extent) Ali Zifan · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
600–539 BCE
Greatest extent
600 BCE, about 703,405 km²
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Wikipedia: Neo-Babylonian Empire · Wikidata Q624887

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
600–551 BCE703,405 km²
550–541 BCE569,654 km²
540–539 BCE569,354 km²

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