The New Babylon/Late Babylon periods have been considered a type of pivotal period as they shaped the process both before and after them and they recorded the periods with chronicles. Previous sovereign powers in Mesopotamia slowly losing their power and the unrestrainable struggle of Meds and Persians for power in the East created an opportunity for the rebirth of Babylon in this process. This situation followed a development phase depending on the visionary decisions of the Babylonian kings and taking advantage of suitable political conditions. Particularly Nabopolassar and his son, Nebuchadnezzar, after him, showed great effort to increase and preserve the acquisitions of Babylon. Absolute sovereignty in the geography of the East Mediterranean constituted the main political course that shaped this struggle. Battles fought and frequent campaigns to this end were initiated primarily in the Hatti geography (roughly Southern Anatolia-North of Damascus. Both the geographical convenience and rich resources made it necessary to render the Babylonian rule permanent in this geography. The political and military power attained in the Hatti geography facilitated safe access of the Babylonian army to the south, the Levant Territory. Besides, the control of the Syria-Palestine line would prevent Egypt, another significant power of the period, from forming a source of threat to Babylon. The campaign route that Nebuchadnezzar developed in this context and the main problems in implementing the policy he followed resulted from the Kingdom of Judah in the Levant and the rebellion started by this kingdom. In this study, in which the campaigns organized by Nebuchadnezzar to the Hatti and the Kingdom of Judah after that and the siege of Jerusalem during these campaigns were specifically discussed, the royal chronicles were used as the main source.
Nurgül Yıldırım (Tue,) studied this question.