Cyrus conquers Babylon
539 BCE · Event
Persian capture of Babylon ends the Neo-Babylonian empire; Cyrus permits return of the Jewish exiles.
On these timelines: Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East, Persia and Iran, Master
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- Uruk period in Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)
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- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (586 BCE)