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Nabuchodonosor

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Nabuchodonosor (năb'ykədŏn`əsôr'), variant of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar , d. 562 B.C., king of Babylonia (c.605–562 B.C.), son and successor of Nabopolassar. In his father's reign he was sent to oppose the Egyptians, who were occupying W Syria and Palestine. At Carchemish he met and defeated (605 B.C.
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Although the Iraqi Ba'athist regime cast its long war with Iran as a defense of the Arab nation against the Persian threat, the old Assyrian conqueror, Nabuchodonosor, was also invoked to justify the empowerment of Iraq.
 
 
 
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