An Ammonite kingdom on the plateau east of the Jordan River, whose capital Rabbah underlies modern Amman; conquered by Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar II c. 580 BCE.
Conquered by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and became a Babylonian province in 582/581 BCE following Nebuchadnezzar II's Transjordanian campaign; it continued as a province under Persian and later Hellenistic rule.
Iron Age Transjordanian polities context.
Frames the Iron Age Transjordanian kingdoms and their conquest by Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylon, the political end of Ammon.
As a Bookshop.org affiliate, this site earns a commission on qualifying purchases.