Which empire ruled Mesopotamia from the city of Babylon beginning in 626

BCE?

A. The Persian Empire

B. The Chaldean Empire

C. The Hebrew Empire

D. The Phoenician Empire

B. The Chaldean Empire

Explanation:

With the Assyrian decline, a local governor, Nabopolassar managed to become the king of Babylon by popular consent and founded a new dynasty, a Chaldean dynasty, which lasted until the Persian invasion of 539 BC. His successors were also great rulers and "Chaldean" became a synomym of "Babylonian."