Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - History Other Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar King Nebuchadnezzar was king of the Chaldeans from 605 to 562 BC. Nebuchadnezzar father, Nabopolassar, was the founder of the Chaldean dynasty in Babylonia. An Assyrian-appointed governor of Babylon, he revolted in 626 BC, joined the Medes, and destroyed the Assyrian capital of Nineveh in 612 BC. After driving the Assyrian into northwestern Mesopotamia, Naboplassar left military operations in the hands of his son. Nebuchadnezzar dispersed the Assyrians, pushed their Egyptian allies out of Syria, and was about to invade Egypt itself when he received news of his father's death. He returned to Babylon to take the throne. King Nebuchadnezzar is best remembered for his relations with the Jews and as the builder of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. the Jewish kingdom of Judah was positioned between two great powers: Egypt and Babylon. It was unable to remain either independent or neutral; if it joined one side, it would be attacked by the other. In 597 BC, and again in 586 BC, when the kingdom was under Egyptian domination, Jerusalem was attacked and captured by Nebuchadnezzar. The second time, he destroyed the city and carried off the Jews into their long Babylonian captivity. In Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar engaged in numerous building plans. Babylon was fortified, many temples were built, and also, a great step pyramid. The so called hanging Gardens were set up. The garden was later numbering among the Seven Wonders of the World. No trace exists of this hanging gardens. During Nebuchadnezzar's life he had strange dreams. The dreams often haunted Nebuchadnezzar so he searched and found a man named Daniel who was known to be an interpreter of dreams. Daniel interpreted many dreams for King Nebuchanezzar particularly at the end of his reign over Babylon. One particular dream was about a tall tree growing higher and higher into the sky until it could not be seen, with wild animals beneath its branches. Then Gods angels came down from heaven and shouted " cut down the tree, get the animals out from under it, leaving only its stump and roots." "For seven years let him have the mind of an animal instead of a man." Once again Daniel was called upon to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Daniel told him that King Nebuchadnezzar's people would chase him from his palace, and he would live in a field like an animal eating grass as a cow. For seven years this would be his life until he learned that God dominated the kingdoms of man. The stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground to show that if he learned God should rule his life again King Nebuchadnezzar King Nebuchadnezzar didn't listen to Daniel and continued in his evil ways. In twelve months a voice from heaven spoke to him and told him that he would no longer be ruler of his kingdom and that he would be forced out of the palace to live with the animals. The prophecy was fulfilled. Nebuchadnezzar was chased from his palace by his people After seven years Nebuchadnezzars sanity returned and he praised God and worshipped Him. God restored his kingdom and reestablished Nebuchadnezzar with greater honor than before. This was the latter years of Nebuchadnezzar's life. King Belshazzar succeeded Nebuchadnezzar as king of Babylon. Bibliography: Word Count: 556
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