War & RuptureThe 6th century BCE

War & Rupture in the 6th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 6th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 586 BCE to 539 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
586 BCE
Latest
539 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 586 BCE — Asia:

    Palestine

    Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem

    Neo-Babylonian forces under Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and destroyed the First Temple, deporting much of the population to Babylon.

    Era: Ancient Palestine: Canaan, the Philistines, and the Empires

    Sources: Palestine - region, history · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. 539 BCE — Asia:

    Iraq

    Cyrus the Great captures Babylon

    The Persian king Cyrus the Great takes Babylon, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire and bringing Mesopotamia into the Achaemenid Persian realm as one of its richest provinces.

    Era: Persians, Greeks and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: History of Mesopotamia · Encyclopædia Britannica, Iraq — History · Encyclopædia Britannica