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Nebuchadrezzar II also Nebuchadnezzar ; reigned B. He is famous for his conquests of Judah , his monumental building projects within his capital of Babylon, his role in the biblical books of Daniel and Jeremiah , and the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. He is traditionally called "Nebuchadrezzar the Great" and was referred to by the prophet Jeremiah as "God's servant.

This has caused him to be interpreted very differently by Judeo-Christians in the west compared to contemporary Iraq , where he is glorified as a great historic leader. Nebuchadrezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid the great city of Nineveh in ruins.

His reported marriage to Amyitis, the daughter of the Median ruler Cyaxares, united the Median and Chaldean dynasties, and—together with Nebuchadrezzar's outstanding qualities as a military leader and builder—made the Babylonian Empire the most powerful of its time. In an inscription he styles himself "Nebo's favorite.

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The latter will be used in this article because it more closely resembles the Akkadian. When the Egyptians met the full might of the Babylonian army, now led by the young general and crown prince Nebuchadrezzar, at Carchemish in , the combined Egyptian and Assyrian forces were soundly defeated. Assyria ceased to exist as an independent power, and Egypt retreated, no longer able to act as a significant force in the Middle East.

Ascending to the throne after his father's death, Nebuchadrezzar engaged in several successful military campaigns designed to increase Babylonian influence in Syria and Judah.

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A clash with the newly resurgent Egypt in , however, met with setbacks, leading to several rebellions among the states of the Levant, including Judah. Nebuchadrezzar soon dealt with these rebellions, capturing Jerusalem in B. When Pharaoh Apries attempted a new Egyptian invasion of Babylonian-controlled Palestine in , Judah and other states of the region once again rebelled, despite advice to the contrary by such figures as the prophet Jeremiah.

Nebuchadrezzar then engaged in a year siege of great Phoenician city of Tyre B.