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\u201cSo it was that the Persians, who had once been the slaves of the Medes, became their masters.\u201c \u2013 Heroditus \nNebuchadnezzar II turned Babylon into the most magnificent city of the ancient world, but the Chaldean line dissipated in his wake.\xa0 Nabonidus\u2019 fervent devotion to the moon god, Sin, served to spark a war and drive the Babylonian king into self-imposed Arabian exile.\xa0 The military and political skills of Cyrus, and a high-level Median betrayal, enabled the Persians to win the empire of Astyages.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices