Belshazzar: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As Baltasar • Bel-shar-usur • Balthasar
Died c.539 BCE

Shamash-shum-ukin
crown prince of Babylonia
Hammurabi, limestone relief; in the British Museum
Hammurabi
king of Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
Merodach-Baladan II
king of Babylonia
Nebuchadrezzar I
king of Babylonia
Nabonidus
king of Babylonia
Berosus
Chaldean priest and author
Kidinnu
Babylonian astronomer and mathematician
Hai ben Sherira
Jewish scholar
Samuel of Nehardea
Babylonian-Jewish scholar
Ashi
Babylonian-Jewish scholar
Nabu-rimanni
Babylonian astronomer