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( Nabopolassar)
Nabopolassar (AkkadianNabû-apal-usur) was the first king (ruled 625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire[1]. He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire (which had ruled Babylon for the previous 200 years) in 626 BC, after the last significant Assyrian king, Assur-bani-pal, died in 627 BC. The weakened Assyrians couldn't resist his power and that of the Medes, who combined to sack the Assyrian capital of Nineveh in 612 BC, at the Battle of Nineveh. Nabopolassar was left in control of Nineveh and destroyed the remnants of the Assyrian Empire in 609 BC. Nabopolassar waged war against Egypt from 610 BC until his death.
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