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  • ...128.jpg|thumb|right|Terracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]] ...arran, an Chaldean city and the last stronghold of the Neo-Chaldeans after the fall of [[Nineveh]], their main [[Capital city|capital]].<ref>W. Mayer, "Na
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  • ...g the [[Tigris]] to try to take the capital by surprise. This plan worked: the Persian troops reached Babylon undetected and caught it unawares, meeting o
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  • ...tues and their cultic personnel were indeed brought to Babylon just before the Persian attack:
    383 B (60 words) - 05:55, 9 May 2015
  • ...Ancient West & East'' '''7''' (2008:49-63).</ref> Accounts by Berossus and the retrospective Hellenistic Babylonian dynastic prophecies state that he was
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  • ...or the lengthening of my days, may they intercede favorably on my behalf."|Cyrus Cylinder, 30-34}}
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  • ...the Neo-Chaldean king [[Sargon II]] and later [[Alexander the Great]] took the city.<ref>Kuhrt 2007 ("'Ex oriente lux'...").</ref>
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  • ...tyage]], roi des Mèdes, a vent du complot et le convoque à [[Ecbatane]]. Cyrus refuse, ce qui provoque une guerre qui se terminera par la victoire des Per ...de Sîn à Harran, puis retourne à Babylone à la veille de l’action de Cyrus contre la capitale. Nabonide ne semble pas avoir compris le danger qui mena
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