In 539 BCE, a Persian king called Cyrus the Great invaded Babylon. Cyrus had been amassing power since around 550 BCE, and Babylon was under the rule of an unpopular king named Nabonidus.
公元前 539 年, 一位名叫居鲁士大帝的波斯国王入侵巴比伦。 自公元前 550 年左右以来, 居鲁士一直在积累权力,而巴比伦则处于一个不受欢迎的国王拿波尼度斯的统治之下。