<page_title> Yehud Medinata </page_title> <section_title> Sources and chronology </section_title> <table> <cell> 539 BCE <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II, ruled c.550-530 BCE) conquers Babylon <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 539 BCE, Babylon fell to the Persians.