Nebuchadnezzar I

Examples of Nebuchadnezzar I in the following topics:

• Nebuchadnezzar and the Fall of Babylon

  • The Kassite Dynasty ruled Babylonia following the fall of Hammurabi and was succeeded by the Second Dynasty of Isin, during which time the Babylonians experienced military success and cultural upheavals under Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Later in his reign, he went to war with Assyria and had some initial success before suffering defeat at the hands of the Assyrian king Ashur-Dan I.
  • Nebuchadnezzar I (1124-1103 BCE) was the most famous ruler of the Second Dynasty of Isin.
  • The earliest of three extant economic texts is dated to Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year; in addition to two kudurrus and a stone memorial tablet, they form the only existing commercial records.
  • Some initial success in these conflicts gave way to catastrophic defeat at the hands of Tiglath-pileser I, who annexed huge swathes of Babylonian territory, thereby further expanding the Assyrian Empire.

• Defeat of Persia by Alexander the Great

  • On either 10 or 11 June 323 BCE, Alexander died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II, in Babylon, at age 32.

• Alexander I's Domestic Reforms

• Territorial Gains Under Alexander I

• The Wars of Nicholas I

• New Technology in World War I

• Ivan I and the Rise of Moscow

  • Ivan I (also known as Ivan Kalita) was born around 1288 to the Prince of Moscow, Daniil Aleksandrovich.
  • Ivan I stepped into a role that had already been expanded by his predecessors.
  • Ivan I, on the other hand, garnered the title from Khan Muhammad Ozbeg in 1328.
  • Three major contributing factors helped Ivan I relocate power to this area:
  • Ivan I also spurred on the growth of Moscow by actively recruiting people to move to the region.

• The Romanovs

  • The Romanov Dynasty was officially founded at the coronation of Michael I in 1613.
  • It was founded in 1613 with the coronation of Michael I and ended in 1917 with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.
  • Sources say he was a boyar under the leadership of the Rurikid prince Semyon I of Moscow in 1347.
  • Michael I's father was forced to take monastic vows and adopt the name Philaret.
  • Alexis I’s legacy paints him as a peaceful and reflective ruler, with a propensity for progressive ideas.

• Rise of the Holy Roman Empire

  • The formation of the Holy Roman Empire was initiated by Charlemagne's coronation as "Emperor of the Romans" in 800, and consolidated by Otto I when he was crowned Emperor in 962 by Pope John XII.
  • Some historians refer to the coronation of Charlemagne as the origin of the empire, while others prefer the coronation of Otto I as its beginning.
  • The last such emperor was Berengar I of Italy, who died in 924.
  • Upon Henry's death, Otto I, his son and designated successor, was elected King in Aachen in 936.
  • Replica of the Magdeburger Reiter, equestrian monument traditionally regarded as portrait of Otto I (Magdeburg, original c. 1240)

• The First Stuarts and Catholicism

  • Believing that their power is God-given right, James I and his son and successor, Charles I of England, reigned England in the atmosphere of repeated escalating conflicts with the English Parliament.
  • The break with Rome was effected by a series of acts of Parliament but Catholic Mary I restored papal jurisdiction in 1553.
  • However, Mary's successor, Elizabeth I, restored the Church of England and reasserted the royal supremacy in 1559.
  • Charles I of England, portrait from the studio of Anthony van Dyck, 1636.   
  • James I of England, Portrait attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605