Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabopolassar, ruled in Mesopotamia for 43 years - longer than all the Assyro-Babylonian kings. Numerous legends are associated with his name. Under him, the famous gates of the goddess Ishtar, decorated with images of sacred bulls and dragons, and the Tower of Babel, which became a symbol of human pride in the Bible, were erected. He took the capital of Judah, Jerusalem, destroyed Solomon's Temple and led ten thousand Jews into 50 years of Babylonian captivity. It is to him that tradition attributes the construction of the legendary Hanging Gardens. Thanks to Daniel Arno's book, written on the basis of the testimony of biblical prophets, the works of ancient historians, numerous cuneiform texts on clay tablets and the results of archaeological excavations, the reader has the opportunity to separate reality from fiction, get acquainted with the life of a vast empire, the occupations and religious beliefs of her subjects and the deeds of their great ruler.