(Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
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a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display
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Nebuchadnezzar is hailed for his dual role as a civilian and military leader.
Chaldea is the ancient name for a region in Iraq whose native sons included Abraham, the father of the Jewish people, and Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of ancient Babylon.
Saddam has not restricted himself to identifying with Nebuchadnezzar.
He has employed more than 1,000 workers and spent millions to rebuild Babylon, capital of Nebuchadnezzar's empire.
And the "meaningless pile of ruined mud and burnt brick" she found there has been resurrected into a freshly whitewashed reconstruction of King Nebuchadnezzar's 6th century B.C. capital.
Nebuchadnezzar's empire embraced Kuwait, now gobbled up by Iraq, and what are now Syria, Jordan, Israel and Saudi Arabia.