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When we think of Nebuchadrezzar's conquests of the former land of the Canaanites, we tend to think of Judah, an small inland enclave at the southern end and adjacent to the Dead Sea. This was occupied by Jews.
To the north of Judah was the Assyrian province of Samaria, which for several centuries until 722 BCE was called Israel and was the land of the Israelites. The occupants of this territory had become known as Samarians, or Samaritans, and were descendants in part of those Israelites who had not been deported or fled south to Judah or Egypt, and in part of the other peoples whom the Assyrians had introduced to Samaria as replacements for the Israelites taken into exile.
To the north again, was Galilee. The people were simply known as Galileans, although after the conversion of many Galileans to Judaism in the second century BCE, they were also Jews.
To the west of Judah, along the Mediterranean coast, were the Philistines. To the west of Samaria and Galilee were two small Assyrian provinces that were also conquered by King Nebuchadrezzar.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire (also called the Chaldean Empire) led by King Nebuchadrezzar conquered the southern Kingdom of Judah in 586 BCE.
The Assyrian Empire conquered the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, renaming it as the Assyrian province of Samaria.
Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and
No, they are not the same. See the article on "Nebuchadrezzar I" from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadrezzar_I)Nebuchadrezzar I, also known as Nebuchadnezzar I,... was the king of the Babylonian Empire from about 1125 B.C.E. to 1103 B.C.E. He is considered to be the greatest king of the Dynasty of Pashe ... He is not to be confused with the more well-known Nebuchadnezzar II of biblical fame . Nebuchadnezzar II was also known as "Nebuchadnezzar the Great" and lived c 630-562 BC.
Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and
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Cyrus the second (great) was but not Cyrus the first
King William the First, the Conqueror, lived in Normandy. He later conquered England, took the crown, and resided in England.
The Kushite king Piye conquered Egypt.
King Kamehameha conquered and United Hawaii.
Thename of the king of the Akkadians who conquered Mesopotamia in 2340bc was Sargon.
The king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia is Sargon