Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia

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Achaemenid satrapy historical province

The Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia was a major administrative province of the Persian Empire that governed the former Neo-Babylonian heartland from the late 6th century BCE, serving as a key political, economic, and cultural center under Achaemenid rule.

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Label Occurrences
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid satrapy ⓘ
historical province ⓘ
administrativeCenter Babylon ⓘ
borderedBy Achaemenid satrapy of Arabia ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Assyria ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Susiana ⓘ
capital Babylon ⓘ
conqueredBy Cyrus the Great ⓘ
culturalRole center of Mesopotamian scholarship ⓘ
center of temple-based scribal activity ⓘ
economicRole important trade hub ⓘ
key tax-paying province ⓘ
major agricultural center ⓘ
endedWith conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
endTime late 4th century BCE ⓘ
firstSatrap Gubaru (Gobryas) ⓘ
surface form: Gobryas (Ugbaru)
governedBy Achaemenid-appointed governors ⓘ
satrap ⓘ
incorporatedIntoAchaemenidEmpire 539 BCE ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
legalSystem local Babylonian law under imperial oversight ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
maintainedInstitution scribal schools ⓘ
temple households ⓘ
majorCity Babylon ⓘ
Borsippa ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Sippar ⓘ
Uruk ⓘ
majorDeityVenerated Marduk ⓘ
notableSatrap Belshunu ⓘ
Nabû-nāhid ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
precededBy Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
recordEvidence Aramaic papyri ⓘ
cuneiform economic tablets ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
religionPracticed Babylonian polytheism ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian religion

Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
startTime late 6th century BCE ⓘ
subjectPopulation Babylonians ⓘ
Chaldeans ⓘ
various deported peoples ⓘ
tributePaidTo Achaemenid kings ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid king
writingSystem Aramaic alphabet (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Aramaic alphabet

cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasResultingPolity → Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia ⓘ
Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia → followedBy → Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia ⓘ