Henry W.F. Saggs
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Emeritus Professor of Semitic Languages, University College, Cardiff, University of Wales. Author of The Greatness That Was Babylon and others.
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Neo-Babylonian empire, ancient Middle Eastern empire with its capital at Babylon. It dominated much of Southwest Asia from shortly after its founding in 626 bce until the defeat of its final king by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 bce. Memory of this empire was preserved through the…
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