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The Achaemenid Siege of Babylon: Cyrus Takes the City
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE, a decisive event in Achaemenid expansion. They discuss the Nabonidus Chronicle, the Battle of Opis, and the engineering feat of diverting the Euphrates. Lucas explains the strategic genius of Cyrus, the religious tensions under Nabonidus, and Cyrus's propaganda victory via the Cyrus Cylinder. They also touch on the legacy of this conquest in Persian and biblical history. #Achaemenid #CyrusTheGreat #Babylon #Nabonidus #CyrusCylinder #NabonidusChronicle #BattleOfOpis #Euphrates #PersianConquest…
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