The fall of #Babylon is a historical event that occurred in 539 BC. This event saw the conquest of Babylon by the #Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great and marked the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The fall of Babylon is reported by a number of ancient sources, including the #Cyrus Cylinder, the Greek historian #Herodotus, as well as a number of books in the Old Testament.
Gary Lite reveals: What really contributed to the destruction of Babylon? When did Babylon fall? And as to the prophecy – what story does it tell?
I would suggest the real reason was due to irrigating crops in an area where the evaporation rate is greater than the precipitation rate and that led to salinity in the soil. This in turn led to systemic crop failure.
Well, Old Clayfoot is now king of the United States!
Needs a different narrator.