A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5
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Babylon and the Median Empires
Cyrus the Persian came up against Babylon in 538 BC. His soldiers entered the city without fighting. The occupation of the city was so peaceful that the services of Belmarduk continued without intermission. Cambesus, the son of Cyrus, subjugated Egypt. Darius I, the first of the new Aryan empires in the sea to the end of the old civilizations,. was the greatest empire the world had hitherto seen.
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