Neo-Babylonian–Persian War

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The Neo-Babylonian–Persian War was the late 6th-century BC conflict in which the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire, leading to the fall of Babylon and a major shift in Near Eastern power.

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Label Occurrences
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War canonical 1
siege of Babylon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient war ⓘ
war ⓘ
associatedWithDocument Cyrus Cylinder ⓘ
belligerent Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
cause expansionist policy of Cyrus the Great ⓘ
weakening of Neo-Babylonian internal politics ⓘ
chronologicalFollowedBy Achaemenid consolidation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
commander Belshazzar ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ
conflictBetween Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
endTime 539 BC ⓘ
era Iron Age ⓘ
hasCombatant Belshazzar ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Opis ⓘ
Siege of Babylon (539 BC) ⓘ
historicalImpact beginning of Persian dominance in the Near East ⓘ
end of independent Babylonian rule ⓘ
integration of Babylon into Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia
involves Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
location Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
notableFor relatively swift Persian conquest of Babylon ⓘ
transition from Mesopotamian to Iranian imperial dominance ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid expansion campaigns ⓘ
precededBy rise of Cyrus the Great in Anshan and Persia ⓘ
primarySource Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Herodotus’s Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
relatedTo History of Babylonia ⓘ
History of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
religiousImpact policy of repatriation of exiled peoples under Cyrus ⓘ
result Achaemenid conquest of Babylon ⓘ
Persian victory ⓘ
fall of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
shift in Near Eastern power to Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Opis ⓘ
capture of Sippar ⓘ
entry of Cyrus’s forces into Babylon ⓘ
startTime circa 550 BC ⓘ
timePeriod late 6th century BC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Battle of Opis → conflictIn → Neo-Babylonian–Persian War ⓘ
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasMilitaryAspect → siege of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Babylonian–Persian War