Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Empire tells the story of a city built from clay, water, labor, temple ritual, and imperial force. Babylon was already ancient before Nebuchadnezzar II came to the throne, but under his rule it became the sacred capital of a restored empire, rising from the long shadow of Assyria into one of the most feared and admired powers of the ancient Near East. Its walls, gates, ...