Who ruled Babylon before Cyrus?
Nabonidus, also spelled Nabu-Naʾid (“Reverer of Nabu”), king of Babylonia from 556 until 539 bc, when Babylon fell to Cyrus, king of Persia. Who became the king of Babylon after Alexander death? After his father’s death on August 16, 605, Nebuchadnezzar returned to Babylon and ascended the throne within three weeks. This rapid consolidation of…