{"id":3692,"date":"2020-12-09T00:42:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T00:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=3692"},"modified":"2021-01-16T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T14:24:12","slug":"1-fall-of-babylon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/1-fall-of-babylon\/","title":{"rendered":"1) Fall of Babylon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Topic 1 &#8211; Session 7 &#8211; The Ancient Centuries<\/p>\n<p>After eliminating Assyria, Babylon swiftly established control of the rest of Mesopotamia.  Then it conquered west to the Mediterranean coast.  Wars with a resurgent Egypt yielded mixed results.   Thn came the Persians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one-half first\">\n<p>.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3810\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3810\" src=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruins-of-Babylon.jpg\" alt=\"Ruins of Babylon\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruins-of-Babylon.jpg 450w, https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ruins-of-Babylon-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruins of Babylon, photo taken 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Outline<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/\">Course<\/a> The Ancient Centuries<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/\">Session 7<\/a> 600 to 500<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other Topics for This Session<\/strong><br \/>\nOne| <a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/2-rise-of-persia\/\">|Two|<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/3-carthages-commercial-empire\/\">|Three|<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/4-roman-republic-established\/\">|Four|<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-7\/5-buddhism-origins\/\">|Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Further Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaldea\">Chaldea<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebuchadnezzar_II#Portrayal_in_the_Bible\">Portrayal in the Bible<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neo-Babylonian_Empire#Legacy_of_Babylon\">Legacy of Babylon<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEjIdn_4aTY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GdlYMKScDj4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 1 &#8211; Session 7 &#8211; The Ancient Centuries After eliminating Assyria, Babylon swiftly established control of the rest of Mesopotamia. 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