Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia

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The Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia was the mid-6th century BCE campaign in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian Empire overthrew the Neo-Babylonian Empire and incorporated Mesopotamia into one of history’s first great imperial states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction Babylonian heartland
Lower Mesopotamia
surface form: lower Mesopotamia
cause Achaemenid expansionist policy
political instability in the Neo-Babylonian Empire
chronologicalContext after Median conquest by Cyrus
before Achaemenid conquest of Egypt
commandedBy Cyrus the Great
conflictType conquest
invasion
describedIn Babylonian chronicles
Cyrus Cylinder
works of Herodotus
surface form: Herodotus' Histories

Babylonian chronicles
surface form: Nabonidus Chronicle
effect continuation of Babylon as an administrative center
integration of Mesopotamian elites into Achaemenid administration
spread of Achaemenid imperial institutions into Mesopotamia
endTime 539 BCE
followedBy Achaemenid rule in Mesopotamia
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia
hasPart Battle of Opis
Fall of Babylon
Siege of Babylon (331 BC)
surface form: Siege of Babylon
hasParticipant Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus the Great
Neo-Babylonian Empire
location Babylon
Babylon
surface form: Babylonia

Mesopotamia
mainBelligerent Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire
opposedBy Belshazzar
Nabonidus
partOf Achaemenid expansion campaigns
surface form: Achaemenid expansion

Babylonian kingship ideology
surface form: Near Eastern imperial succession

rise of the Achaemenid Empire
pointInTime mid-6th century BCE
precededBy reign of Nabonidus
result Achaemenid victory
end of independent Babylonian rule
fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
incorporation of Mesopotamia into the Achaemenid Empire
significantEvent capture of Babylon without major destruction
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE)
surface form: entry of Cyrus into Babylon
startTime circa 550 BCE

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Battle of Opis historicalPeriod Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) hasOutcome Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Persian conquest of Babylon
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) isPartOf Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Achaemenid conquest of the Near East
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) hasAlternativeName Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great
Indian campaign follows Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Achaemenid campaign
Saite Dynasty endCause Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Achaemenid Persian conquest
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War result Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Achaemenid conquest of Babylon
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War chronologicalFollowedBy Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Achaemenid consolidation of Mesopotamia