What is Nabopolassar?
{{Infobox royalty|name=Nabopolassar|native_lang1_name1=Nabû-apla-uṣur|native_lang1=[[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]|title={{unbulleted list | [[List of kings of Babylon|King of Babylon]] | [[King of Sumer and Akkad]] | [[King of the Universe]] }}|image=Cylinder of Nabopolassar from Babylon, Mesopotamia..JPG|caption=Clay cylinder of Nabopolassar from [[Babylon]]|reign=22/23 November 626 BC – July 605{{nbsp}}BC{{Sfn|Lipschits|2005|p=14}}{{Sfn|Parker|Dubberstein|1942|p=9}}|dynasty=[[Chaldean dynasty]]|coronation=|predecessor=[[Sinsharishkun]]<br><small>([[Neo-Assyrian Empire]])</small>|successor=[[Nebuchadnezzar II]]|father=[[Nebuchadnezzar (governor of Uruk)|Kudurru]] (?)|birth_date={{circa}} 658{{nbsp}}BC{{Sfn|Garrison|2012|p=43}}|birth_place=[[Uruk]] (?)|death_date=605{{nbsp}}BC{{Sfn|Garrison|2012|p=43}} (aged {{circa}} 53)|death_place=[[Babylon]]|spouse=|issue=[[Nebuchadnezzar II]]<br>[[Nabu-shum-lishir]]<br>Nabu-zer-ushabshi|succession=King of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]}} '''Nabopolassar''' was the first king of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]] he reigned from [[626 BC]] to [[605 BC]]. == References == <references />{{History-stub}} [[Category:Neo-Babylonian kings]]