Fall of Babylon to Cyrus
The Neo-Babylonian kingdom ends and exiles return home
The Persian army of Cyrus the Great took Babylon, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Cyrus allowed deported peoples, including the Jews, to return home, a policy reflected in the Cyrus Cylinder.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- c. 563 BC Birth of the Buddha — 24 years earlier
- 551 BC Birth of Confucius — 12 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Cyrus the Great (aged 61)
- Pythagoras (aged 31)
- Gautama Buddha (aged 24)
- Confucius (aged 12)
- Mahavira (aged 60)
- Darius the Great (aged 11)
- Sun Tzu (aged 5)
- Leonidas I (aged 1)