Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia

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The Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia was the mid-6th century BCE campaign in which Cyrus the Great’s Persian Empire overthrew the Neo-Babylonian Empire and incorporated Mesopotamia into one of history’s first great imperial states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Babylonian heartland ⓘ
lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
cause Achaemenid expansionist policy ⓘ
political instability in the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
chronologicalContext after Median conquest by Cyrus ⓘ
before Achaemenid conquest of Egypt ⓘ
commandedBy Cyrus the Great ⓘ
conflictType conquest ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
describedIn Babylonian chronicles ⓘ
Cyrus Cylinder ⓘ
Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus

Nabonidus Chronicle ⓘ
effect continuation of Babylon as an administrative center ⓘ
integration of Mesopotamian elites into Achaemenid administration ⓘ
spread of Achaemenid imperial institutions into Mesopotamia ⓘ
endTime 539 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Achaemenid rule in Mesopotamia ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Opis ⓘ
Fall of Babylon ⓘ
Siege of Babylon ⓘ
hasParticipant Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
location Babylon ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia ⓘ
mainBelligerent Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
opposedBy Belshazzar ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid expansion ⓘ
Near Eastern imperial succession ⓘ
rise of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
pointInTime mid-6th century BCE ⓘ
precededBy reign of Nabonidus ⓘ
result Achaemenid victory ⓘ
end of independent Babylonian rule ⓘ
fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
incorporation of Mesopotamia into the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
significantEvent capture of Babylon without major destruction ⓘ
entry of Cyrus into Babylon ⓘ
startTime circa 550 BCE ⓘ

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Battle of Opis → historicalPeriod → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasOutcome → Persian conquest of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → isPartOf → Achaemenid conquest of the Near East ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Fall of Babylon (539 BCE) → hasAlternativeName → Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Indian campaign → follows → Achaemenid campaign ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Saite Dynasty → endCause → Achaemenid Persian conquest ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War → result → Achaemenid conquest of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War → chronologicalFollowedBy → Achaemenid consolidation of Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Gubaru → associatedWith → Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ
subject linked to: Gubaru (Gobryas)
Gobrias → associatedWith → Medo-Persian conquest of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia
Persian conquest of the Median Empire → followedBy → Persian conquest of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia