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The fall of Babylon occurred in 539 BC, when the Persian Empire conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire.The success of the Persian campaign, led by Cyrus the Great, brought an end to the reign of the last native dynasty of Mesopotamia and gave the Persians control over the rest of the Fertile Crescent.
A chronicle drawn up just after the conquest of Babylonia by Cyrus gives the history of the reign of Nabonidus ("Nabu-na'id"), the last king of Babylon, and of the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. [ citation needed ] In 538 BC, there was a revolt in southern Babylonia, while the Persian army entered the country from the north.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II occupied the Kingdom of Judah between 597–586 BCE and destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem. [3] According to the Hebrew Bible, the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, was forced to watch his sons put to death, then his own eyes were put out and he was exiled to Babylon (2 Kings 25).
The Cyrus cylinder, a contemporary cuneiform script proclaiming Cyrus as legitimate king of Babylon One of the few surviving sources of information that can be dated directly to Cyrus's time is the Cyrus Cylinder ( Persian : استوانه کوروش ), a document in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform .
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According to Al-Maqrizi, during the siege of Babylon, Cyrus sent 'Amr an envoy, including the Chalcedonian Bishop of Babylon, with the message 'You and your army have invaded our country, and seem bent on fighting us. Your stay in the land is long, no doubt: but you are a small force, far outnumbered by the Romans, who are well-equipped and ...
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