Neo Babylonian Empire Puns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cilicia_(ancient)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Neo-Babylonian_Empire_under_Nebuchadnezzar_II.png

Did they see themselves as continuations of the previous empires of the same name or is that just a naming system of historians? What would they have known about them?

I was arguing with some biblical fundamentalist who were saying that the prophecy in Ezekiel of Babylon conquering Egypt was fulfilled because Babylon defeated Egypt at the battle of Carchemish. In which either Babylon conquered Egypt or made Egypt a client state this “fulfilling”the prophecy.

But I know from my history books I’ve read that Egypt maintained its independence. But can ask historians verify this? If possible can you include legitimate sources?

I believe the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Persians couple hundred years before the start of the game. Do you think an option to restore Babylon would be viable for this game's time period?

It's just funny to think of these very ancient people digging out buildings of an even more ancient civilization and doing things that would look familiar to modern day archeologists, it makes you think of how vast history is and how brief we are... so I wanna know if they were actually "ancient archeologists" or if I'm simply looking too much into it

Where did they get their food, how did he supply the weapons, how big was his army, where there any major problems, etc.

A pastor of a church I went to was teaching on Habakkuk 1:6-11 and he said that the Neo-Babylonians, in a span of 20 years, went from being nothing to being a dominating force in the ANE. He then implied that this was God’s doing in order for them to sake Judah and then ultimately revive the Jewish people to follow Yahweh and thus bring about great spiritual changes to Jews. This is obviously a theological claim and not a historical one.

My question is, what is the academic view of how (if it’s true) did the Neo-Babylonians get so powerful so quickly? What is the view of Habakkuk?

Title pretty much says it all. I can’t find any other instances of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty taking the elites of a subjugated culture into captivity (as they did with a small percentage of the population of Judah) rather than simply executing them.

To what extent did these guys coordinate and/or fight alongside each other? Was it more of the Babylonians fighting them in one region and the Medes fighting in another, or was it a tighter alliance?

I come at this question from the perspective of biblical studies, with limited knowledge of the history (basically what the commentaries and what Wikipedia say). There are a number of passages in Isaiah that describe the Medes and sometimes the Elamites overthrowing Babylon, and I'm exploring the possibility that some of these passages may refer to Babylon when it was under the rule of the Assyrians—thus the Medes (and Elamites) in league with the Babylonians to help them take Babylon.

For the past couple of days I was just thinking about the Babylonians in the Near East, and how the Persians had conquered them. I was wondering what would have happened if lets say Nebuchadnezzar II had heirs that were strong and capable leaders.

I was arguing with some biblical fundamentalist who were saying that the prophecy in Ezekiel of Babylon conquering Egypt was fulfilled because Babylon defeated Egypt at the battle of Carchemish. In which either Babylon conquered Egypt or made Egypt a client state this “fulfilling”the prophecy.

But I know from my history books I’ve read that Egypt maintained its independence. But can anyone verify this? If possible can you include legitimate sources?