Meanwhile, the Babylonian king was planning on reasserting his power in Syria.

Only great experience can provide the stylistic insight and emotional honesty that characterized his portrayal of the tormented Babylonian king.

Babylonia had already been conquered as far as the marshes of the Chaldaeans in the south, and the Babylonian king put to death.

It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi.

There was also a correspondence where the Babylonian king was offended by not having a proper escort for a princess.

Emblazonings, as of crowned Babylonian kings and queens, reigned over everything.

The Babylonian kings called the first year of a reign the accession year, a kind of 0.

At various points in the sequence of Assyrian and Babylonian kings, references are made by one king to their contemporary.

This marriage led to disastrous results, as the Kassite faction at court murdered the Babylonian king and placed a pretender on the throne.

But this tale of the Babylonian king (Nebuchadnezzar to Anglophones) who set himself up as a divinity is less well known.