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The First Empires

Question 3 • FL-2109010-M/J World History A - Teacher Directed Resource

Which Persian king conquered Babylon?

Answer
A
Hammurabi
B
Nabopolassar
C
Cyrus the Great
D
Nebuchadnezzar II

Explanation

Cyrus the Great, the Persian king who founded the Achaemenid Empire, conquered Babylon in 539 BCE. Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II were Babylonian kings, while Nabopolassar founded the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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