Persian Empire conquest of Babylon
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Babylon became a major city in the Persian Empire
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Fall_of_Babylon
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gptkbp:conqueredBy |
gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
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gptkbp:conqueror |
gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
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gptkbp:date |
539 BCE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Persian Empire conquest of Babylon
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gptkbp:keyFigure |
gptkb:Belshazzar
gptkb:Nabonidus |
gptkbp:legacy |
Cyrus's policy of religious tolerance
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Babylon
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gptkbp:method |
Babylon surrendered without major battle
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gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_Empire
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gptkbp:recordedAt |
gptkb:Cyrus_Cylinder
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gptkbp:resultedIn |
end of Neo-Babylonian Empire
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gptkbp:significance |
marked the beginning of Persian rule in Mesopotamia
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Persian_Jews
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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