Babylon rose to power again under King Nebuchadnezzar II during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. However, the Persians later conquered Babylon in 539 BC under Cyrus II, incorporating it into the new Persian Empire that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.

1. Babylon became powerful again
The Persians conquered Babylon
Neo Babylonian Empire
They created the Persian Empire
King of the Persians
King Nebuchadnezzar II
(Extension of the Empire: From
Cyrus II
the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea)
Year 0
3500 BC
625 BC
1950 BC
Sumerians Invent writing
First Babilonian Empire
331 BC
Babylon rose power
Akkadias
539 BC
King of the AkkadiansSargon I
Summerians rule again
(Alejandro Magno)
Hammurabi (First code of laws)
Conquered by Assyrians
Main cities
Lagash
Ur
Alexander the Great
King of Assyrians
Ashurbanipal
Greek Empire
Conquered the Persians