Cyrus the Great and the Making of the Persian Empire, c. 600–530 BC | Calm Bedtime History
In October 539 BC, Cyrus entered Babylon after the Persian victory at Opis and the fall of Sippar. The city was ancient, immense, and still governed by its own temples, scribes, and royal customs, yet it now stood at the centre of a kingdom that had begun as a small Persian realm in the Iranian highlands.
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