Tyros (Neo-Babylonian Empire)

This article is about the specific polity Tyros (Neo-Babylonian Empire) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Establishment

• January 608 BC: The Babylonians, led by King Nabopolassar, rebelled against the collapsing Assyrian Empire and established the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The city of Tyros, previously a vassal of Assyria, came under the control of the Neo-Babylonians during this period.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Cyrus the Great

Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

• October 539 BC: Cyrus the Great, king and founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, took Babylon. 

Disestablishment

• October 539 BC: Cyrus the Great, king and founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, took Babylon.