The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. (p. 29)
Babylon was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th centuries BC. This kingdom was destroyed by Nabopolassar. The last king was Belshazzar because he was the son of Nabonidus.
