Episode 26 – The Last Kings of Babylon

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2013

⏱️ 33 minutes

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“So it was that the Persians, who had once been the slaves of the Medes, became their masters.“ – Heroditus Nebuchadnezzar II turned Babylon into the most magnificent city of the ancient world, but the Chaldean line dissipated in his wake. Nabonidus’ fervent devotion to the moon god, Sin, served to spark a war and drive the Babylonian king into self-imposed Arabian exile. The military and political skills of Cyrus, and a high-level Median betrayal, enabled the Persians to win the empire of Astyages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hi, I'm Scott Chesworth, and welcome to the ancient world.
1:05.0	Episode 26, The Last Kings of Babylon.
1:10.0	In the
1:15.0	Battle of the Hollis in 585 BC, the ancient Near East had entered a state
1:20.0	not witnessed since the late Bronze Age, a stable balance of powerful empires.
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