Babylon and the Medes and Persians: From the Fall of Nineveh to the Defeat of Xerxes (606–479 B.C.)

Necho seizes Palestine (608)—Battle of Carchemish (604)—Babylonian conquest of Palestine—Nebuchadrezzar takes Jerusalem (596)—Necho's work in Egypt—Psamatik II in Nubia—The inscription of Abu Simbel—The "Asmak"—Uahabra (Apries) interferes in Palestine, occupying Phoenicia (588)—Nebuchadrezzar advances into Syria (587)—Fall of Jerusalem and captivity of the Jews (586)—Jeremiah at Tahpanhes (Daphnai)—Siege of Tyre (586-573)—Uahabra defeated by the Cyrenaeans—Amasis (569-526)—Apries revolts (566)—Battle of Momemphis—Death of Apries—Supposed Babylonian invasion of Egypt not proved—Death of Nebuchadrezzar (562)—Nabonidus (556-539)—Nebuchadrezzar's buildings at Babylon—Antiquarian tastes of Nabonidus—Belshazzar