12th October 539 BCE: Babylon falls to the Persian king Cyrus the Great

Podcast: HistoryPod · Scott Allsop

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

Cyrus the Great’s Persian forces defeated the Babylonians at the Battle of Opis before entering Babylon on 12 October, bringing the Neo-Babylonian Empire to an end. He subsequently incorporated Mesopotamia into the Persian Empire while preserving Babylon’s importance as a major ...