Neo-Babylonian–Persian War

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The Neo-Babylonian–Persian War was the late 6th-century BC conflict in which the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire, leading to the fall of Babylon and a major shift in Near Eastern power.

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Neo-Babylonian–Persian War canonical 1
siege of Babylon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient war
war
associatedWithDocument Cyrus Cylinder
belligerent Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
cause expansionist policy of Cyrus the Great
weakening of Neo-Babylonian internal politics
chronologicalFollowedBy Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
surface form: Achaemenid consolidation of Mesopotamia
commander Belshazzar
Cyrus the Great
Nabonidus
conflictBetween Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
endTime 539 BC
era Iron Age
hasCombatant Belshazzar
Cyrus the Great
Nabonidus
hasPart Battle of Opis
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE)
surface form: Siege of Babylon (539 BC)
historicalImpact beginning of Persian dominance in the Near East
end of independent Babylonian rule
integration of Babylon into Achaemenid Empire
historicalRegion Mesopotamia
surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia
involves Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River

Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
location Babylon
surface form: Babylonia

Mesopotamia
Middle East
surface form: Near East
notableFor relatively swift Persian conquest of Babylon
transition from Mesopotamian to Iranian imperial dominance
partOf Achaemenid expansion campaigns
precededBy rise of Cyrus the Great in Anshan and Persia
primarySource Babylonian chronicles
works of Herodotus
surface form: Herodotus’s Histories
relatedTo History of Babylonia
History of the Achaemenid Empire
religiousImpact policy of repatriation of exiled peoples under Cyrus
result Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
surface form: Achaemenid conquest of Babylon

Persian victory
fall of Neo-Babylonian Empire
shift in Near Eastern power to Achaemenid Empire
significantEvent Battle of Opis
capture of Sippar
entry of Cyrus’s forces into Babylon
startTime circa 550 BC
timePeriod late 6th century BC

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Battle of Opis conflictIn Neo-Babylonian–Persian War
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) hasMilitaryAspect Neo-Babylonian–Persian War
this entity surface form: siege of Babylon