Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Nebuchadnezzar II

Battles of Nebuchadnezzar II

King of Babylon, 642 BC to 561 BC

Nebuchadnezzar II is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 605 BC and 586 BC: 2 battles and 3 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Israel (2), Turkey (1), Saudi Arabia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,747 km apart end to end, 687 km between engagements on average.

Battle of CarchemishBattle of Dhat IrqSiege of JerusalemSiege of JerusalemSiege of TyreBattle of CarchemishBattle of Dhat IrqSiege of JerusalemSiege of JerusalemSiege of TyreTehranBaghdadAthensDubaiAlexandriaAleppoKuwait CityBeirutIsfahanShiraz1000 km30.167N, 38.028E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

605 BC: 1 engagements1 in 605 BC599 BC: 1 engagements1 in 599 BC597 BC: 1 engagements1 in 597 BC589 BC: 1 engagements1 in 589 BC586 BC: 1 engagements1 in 586 BC605 BC586 BC
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Carchemish, 605 BCBattle of Dhat Irq, 599 BCSiege of Jerusalem, 597 BCSiege of Jerusalem, 589 BCSiege of Tyre, 586 BC605 BC586 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
605 BCBattle of CarchemishCarchemish, TurkeyBabylonian victory
599 BCBattle of Dhat IrqHejaz, Saudi Arabia1,507 km SBabylonian victory; Annexing the Arabian Peninsula to the...
597 BCSiege of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel1,074 km NWBabylonian victory
589 BCSiege of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel1 km NWBabylonian victory
586 BCSiege of TyreTyre, Lebanon165 km NBabylonian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, User Hedning on sv.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.