// Antiquity
Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Period
- 600 BC – 531 BC
- Duration
- approx. 69 years
- Greatest extent
- around 600 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 706,000 km²
Period and duration
Neo-Babylonian Empire — according to the map data from 600 BC to 531 BC, roughly 69 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Neo-Babylonian Empire — greatest extent around 600 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 706,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (601 BC)
After
Neighbours around 600 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Median Kingdom
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Lydia
- Greek City-States
- Kingdom of Urartu
- Phoenicia
- Phoenician Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in 600 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Neo-Babylonian Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.