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 BCEAsia

    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 BCEAsia

    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