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Name: Cyrus' Conquest of Babylonia

Type: Event

Start: 539 BC

End: 539 BC

Parent: Wars of Cyrus the Great

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Was a military campaign of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great that resulted in the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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  • October 539 BC: The Battle of Opis took place in -539 between Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire and the Babylonian army. The decisive victory for Cyrus led to the fall of Babylon and the incorporation of the territory into the Achaemenid Empire.
  • October 539 BC: Sippar was seized by the Achaemenids without a battle.
  • October 539 BC: On October 12 (proleptic Gregorian calendar), Gubaru's troops entered Babylon, again without any resistance from the Babylonian armies, and detained Nabonidus.

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