the ledger of connections
The Connections of Nebuchadnezzar II
King of Babylon Every person recorded alongside Nebuchadnezzar II in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Nebuchadnezzar II in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Nabopolassar
- Spouses
- Amytis of Media
- Children
- Amel-Marduk, Eanna-sharra-usur, Kaššaya, Nitocris of Babylon, Ba'u-asitu, Marduk-nadin-ahi
- Siblings
- Nabu-shuma-lisir
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 642 BCE to 561 BCE.
Ancient era
Gautama Buddha
563 BCE – 483 BCE
Founder of Buddhism whose teachings on suffering and liberation endure worldwide
Ancient era
Laozi
604 BCE – c. 500 BCE
6th-century BC semi-legendary Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Ancient era
Zoroaster
628 BCE – 551 BCE
Founder of Zoroastrianism
Ancient era
Cyrus the Great
600 BCE – 530 BCE
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)
Ancient era
Thales of Miletus
c. 650 BCE – 548 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Ancient era
Sappho
c. 650 BCE – c. 550 BCE
Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)
Ancient era
Aesop
620 BCE – 564 BCE
Ancient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC)
Ancient era
Nabonidus
615 BCE – 538 BCE
King of Babylon
Ancient era
Necho II
c. 700 BCE – 595 BCE
2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
Ancient era
Amasis II
c. 610 BCE – 526 BCE
Egyptian pharaoh from 570 to 526 BC
Ancient era
Cyaxares
c. 700 BCE – 584 BCE
The third and greatest king of the Medes (625–585 BC)
Ancient era
Astyages
c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE
The fourth and last king of the Medes (585–550 BC)