Ancient era · 539 BCE

Fall of Babylon

The fall of Babylon occurred in 539 BCE, when the Achaemenid 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.

When: 539 BCE
Where: Babylon
Era: Ancient

Topics

Mesopotamiac. 3,500 BCE – 539 BCE Ancient Romec. 753 BCE – 476 CE Iraq2,350 BCE – today

Before and after

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