CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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They Assyrians
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The Israelites
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The Persians
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The Greeks
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Persian Empire, under Cyrus II, defeated the Chaldean and conquered Babylon in 539 BC.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fall of Babylon denotes the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire after it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 630 Nabopolassar became king of the Chaldeans. In 626 he forced the Assyrians out of Uruk and crowned himself king of Babylonia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The dynasty, as connected to Nabopolassar through descent, was deposed in 560 BC by the Aramean official Neriglissar ( r.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Persian victory was due to the talented leadership of their ruler, Cyrus the Great, and the weaker leadership of the Babylonian/Chaldean ruler, Nabonidus, who had alienated many of his supporters.