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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Achaemenid campaign	1
Achaemenid conquest of the Near East	1
Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great	1
Persian conquest of Babylon	1

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian campaign → follows → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid campaign

Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasAlternativeName → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great

Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasOutcome → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian conquest of Babylon

Battle of Opis → historicalPeriod → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ

Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → isPartOf → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid conquest of the Near East