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Babylon

Cyrus entered Babylon

Tuesday Oct 13, 539 BC
Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)

Nabonidus fled to Borsippa, and on 12 October, after Cyrus' engineers had diverted the waters of the Euphrates, the soldiers of Cyrus entered Babylon without the need for a battle. Nabonidus surrendered and was deported. Gutian guards were placed at the gates of the great temple of Marduk, where the services continued without interruption.


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