History of the Ancient World

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History of the Ancient World

• Babylon

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Kings of Neo-Babylonia
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New Babylonian (Chaldaean) Empire

• Nabopolassar (Nebopolassar) established the
  Chaldaean dynasty in 625 BC.
• In 605 he sent his son Nebuchadnezzar II
  (605-562) to do battle with the Egyptians.

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Neb. Campaign ag. Judah
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Babylonian Empire map with movements of Jews
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Exile of the Southern Kingdom
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Babylonian Empire
Babylonian Empire map
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Ancient Babylon
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Ancient Babylon
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Ancient Babylon 3
Ancient Babylon
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The Ishtar Gate 1
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The Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate
The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate
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The Ishtar Gate Model
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Pharmacy in Ancient Babylon
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Babylonian Religion
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Babylon Marduk Sanctuary model
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Babylon Marduk Sanctuary model
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ziggurat
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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OT Timeline to 586 BC
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3 men in the furnace
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Development of Judaism in Babylon
End of Jewish Idolatry
Attention given to the Law formation of the canon
Synagogues developed
 
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Development of Judaism in Babylon

• Additional Non-Biblical practices
• o Fast of Tenth of Teveth (Tebet) (Jan.)
• Jerusalem was besieged that month.
• o Fast of 17th of Tammuz (July)
• Jerusalem was taken.
• o Fast of 9th of Av (Aug.)
• Jerusalem was destroyed.
• o Fast of Gedaliah this governor was
  assassinated by Ishmael.

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Development of Judaism
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Statue of Empires
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The Four Beasts
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Rome
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The Two Goats
The Two Goats
Medo-Persia
Greece
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Comparative Visions
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Belshazzars Feast
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Mesopotamia Beginnings of Civilization