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Cyrus subsequently conquered essentially all of Anatolia within the next few years. Cyrus then turned his attention to the Babylonian Empire, which controlled most of the Fertile Crescent from the ...

Sogdians on an Achaemenid Persian relief from the Apadana of Persepolis, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king Darius I, 5th century BC. Credit: A.Davey / CC BY 2.0 The country known today as ...

The term “feet of clay” comes from the Old Testament, where Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian King (Daniel chapter ... to indicate the eventual destruction of Nebuchadnezzar ...

When the Babylonians take over the Assyrian empire, they proceed to conquer Judah during the reign of Jehoiachin (36). The king and many important persons are exiled to Babylon .