John P. Nielsen is Assistant Professor of History at Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA.

"This is the first book-length study devoted to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar I, a Babylonian king of the late 12th century BC who is best known to students of ancient Mesopotamia for his recovery of the statue of the national god Marduk from its captivity in Elam. Nielsen achieves two feats of scholarship: he presents a lucid account of Nebuchadnezzar I and his times, and then traces his legacy right down to the Seleukid era, based on careful analysis of a wide range of cuneiform sources including literary texts. His investigation of historical and collective memory within the Mesopotamian cultural tradition represents a major contribution to ancient Near Eastern historiography."- Heather Baker, University of Toronto, Canada

• Foreword; PART I: WRITING HISTORY AND RECOVERING MEMORY, SOURCES AND METHODOLGIES; 1. Toward an Understanding of the Babylonian Memory of Nebuchadnezzar I; 2. Nebuchadnezzar I: Prior Scholarship and Historical Sources; PART II: NEBUCHADNEZZAR I AND HIS TIMES; 3. The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I; 4. Nebuchadnezzar I’s Successors; PART III: REMEMBERING NEBUCHADNEZZAR I IN THE 1ST MILLENNIUM BCE; 5. Esarhaddon and the Return of Marduk in 668 BCE; 6. Remembering Nebuchadnezzar I from the Babylonian Zenith to Seleucid Decline; PART IV: THE MAKING OF MEMORY AND THE MAKING OF MEANING; 7. Nebuchadnezzar I in the Collective Memory; 8. The Elevation of Marduk: Nebuchadnezzar I as Cultural Formation; 9. Intentional History in the Early First Millennium BCE; Index

John P. Nielsen is Assistant Professor of History at Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA.

"This is the first book-length study devoted to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar I, a Babylonian king of the late 12th century BC who is best known to students of ancient Mesopotamia for his recovery of the statue of the national god Marduk from its captivity in Elam. Nielsen achieves two feats of scholarship: he presents a lucid account of Nebuchadnezzar I and his times, and then traces his legacy right down to the Seleukid era, based on careful analysis of a wide range of cuneiform sources including literary texts. His investigation of historical and collective memory within the Mesopotamian cultural tradition represents a major contribution to ancient Near Eastern historiography."- Heather Baker, University of Toronto, Canada

• Foreword; PART I: WRITING HISTORY AND RECOVERING MEMORY, SOURCES AND METHODOLGIES; 1. Toward an Understanding of the Babylonian Memory of Nebuchadnezzar I; 2. Nebuchadnezzar I: Prior Scholarship and Historical Sources; PART II: NEBUCHADNEZZAR I AND HIS TIMES; 3. The Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I; 4. Nebuchadnezzar I’s Successors; PART III: REMEMBERING NEBUCHADNEZZAR I IN THE 1ST MILLENNIUM BCE; 5. Esarhaddon and the Return of Marduk in 668 BCE; 6. Remembering Nebuchadnezzar I from the Babylonian Zenith to Seleucid Decline; PART IV: THE MAKING OF MEMORY AND THE MAKING OF MEANING; 7. Nebuchadnezzar I in the Collective Memory; 8. The Elevation of Marduk: Nebuchadnezzar I as Cultural Formation; 9. Intentional History in the Early First Millennium BCE; Index