Nabonidus Chronicle

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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The fall of a dynasty! Nabonidus' faults and absence were recorded alongside events of his reign. By the autumn of 539 BCE,, Babylon has surrendered to the army of king Cyrus to become part of the growing Achaemenid Empire. From Babylon, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Circa 530-400 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, April 13). Nabonidus Chronicle. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4912/nabonidus-chronicle/

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