. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . h ofthis house was Nabucho-donosor I (about B. c); though twice de-feated by Assyria, he wassuccessful against the Lu-lubi, punished Elam, andinvaded Syria, and by his brilliant acliievements stayed the inevitable declineof Babylon. The next two dynasties are known asthose of the Sealand, and of Bazi, of three kings eachand these were followed by one Elaniite king ( B. c). Upon these obscure dynasties fol-lows the long series of Baby
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . h ofthis house was Nabucho-donosor I (about B. c); though twice de-feated by Assyria, he wassuccessful against the Lu-lubi, punished Elam, andinvaded Syria, and by his brilliant acliievements stayed the inevitable declineof Babylon. The next two dynasties are known asthose of the Sealand, and of Bazi, of three kings eachand these were followed by one Elaniite king ( B. c). Upon these obscure dynasties fol-lows the long series of Babylonian kings, who reignedmostly as vassals, sometimes quasi-independent, some-times as rebel-kings in the period of Assyrian su-premacy (for which see Assyri.\). The Second, or Chaldean, Empire.—With thedeath, in 626 B. c, of Kandalanu (the Babylonianname of Assurbanipal), King of Assyria, Assyrianpower in Babylon practically ceased. Nabopolassar,a Chaldean who had risen from the position of gen-eral in the Assyrian army, ruled Babylon as Shak-kanak for some years in nominal dependence onNinive. Then, as King of Babylon, he invaded and. annexed the Mesopotamian provinces of Assj-ria,and when Sinsharishkun, the last King of Assyria,tried to cut off his return and threatened Babylon,Nabopolassar called in the aid of the Manda, nomadictribes of Kurdistan, somewhat incorrectly identifiedwith the Medes. Tliough Nabopolassar no doubt con-tributed liis share to the e\-ents which led to the com-plete destruction of Ninive (606 B. c.) by these Mandabarbarians, he apparently cLd not in person co-operatein the taking of the city, nor share the booty, butused the opportunity to firmly establish his thronein Babylon. Though Semites, the Chaldeans be-longed to a race perfectly distinct from the Baby-lonians proper, and were foreigners in the EuphratesValley. They were settlers from Arabia, who had in-vaded Babylonia from the South. Their strongJioldwas the district kno\Mi asthe Sealands. D
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