Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar's capital, where the people of Judah were carried off after −586 and wept by its rivers. When Cyrus took it in −539 they were allowed to return, but many stayed and built a great community.

What happened here

Tower of Babel−2269
Hammurabi (Babylon)−1792
Code of Hammurabi−1754
Merodach-Baladan II (Babylon)−710
Neo-Babylonian Empire−626
Nabopolassar (Babylon)−625
Book of Daniel (Exile)−605 – −503
King Jehoiachin (Judah)−598 – −597
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle−597
Jehoiachin Ration Tablets−590
Babylonian Exile−586
Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylon)−586
Babylonian Calendar Adoption−580
Al-Yahudu tablets−572
Amel-Marduk (Babylon)−560
Nabonidus (Babylon)−556
Fall of Babylon−539
Cyrus Cylinder−539
Belshazzar (Babylon)−539