https://youtu.be/27nxRa19ojk <------ Go back to the Beginning. February 26 - Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria in the 7th Century of the 1st Millennium. As The King Of Babylon! "Nabonassar", and meaning " Nabû (is) protector", [1] :226 was the king of Babylon 747–734 BC. He deposed a foreign Chaldean usurper named Nabu-shuma-ishkun , bringing native rule back to Babylon after 23 years of Chaldean rule. His reign saw the beginning of a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records. Both the Babylonian Chronicle [i 1] and the Ptolemaic Canon begin with his accession to the throne. He was contemporary with the Assyrian kings Aššur-nirarī V (755–745 BC) and Tiglath-Pileser III , the latter under whom he became a vassal, and the Elamite kings Humban-Tahrah I (–743 BC) and Humban-Nikaš I ...