The Fushion of Babylon And Persia

The fall of Babylon, also known as the Liberation of Babylonia, happened in 539 BC, around 11 years after the Persian Empire was founded. This is considered as one of the most important events in ancient Persia. The Babylonian Empire was beginning to show some signs of weakness, making them an easy target for Cyrus' Persian army. King Labashi-Marduk was deposed in Babylonia by Nabonidus, the Assyrian priestess Adda-son. Guppi's The majority of the affairs of the empire were then given to his son, Crown Prince Belshazzar, by Nabonidus. However, Belshazzar's lackluster political abilities made him unpopular with many powerful Babylonians. Therefore, many Babylonian officials were delighted to see Prince Belshazzar deposed when Cyrus' ever-expanding kingdom turned its attention to the Babylonian Empire.

The Persian Kingdom had successfully incorporated Babylonia into its expanding empire by the year 539 BC. A prehistoric clay cylinder containing Akkadian cuneiform writing, known as the Cyrus Cylinder, claims that Cyrus did not impose Persian culture and religious beliefs on the Babylonians. He also stepped in to save the persecuted Jewish community in Babylonia, which had been there for a long time. It is reported that he permitted the Jews to go back to their residence in Jerusalem. Cyrus put the overthrown Babylonian king Nabonidus in jail and reinstated Marduk as the city's protector deity. The moon god Sin was given more attention under Nabonidus' rule than Marduk. Cyrus garnered more respect from the Babylonians by drawing parallels to the well-known Assyrian monarch Ashurbanipal. The Babylonians also came to admire Cyrus for his efforts to revive the ethics and culture of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.