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By around 600 BCE, Lydians, Babylonians, and Medians check each other before the Persians emerge under Cyrus.
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By around 600 BCE, Lydians, Babylonians, and Medians check each other before the Persians emerge under Cyrus.
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"...Lydians. Over here in Mesopotamia are what people will call the Babylonians. And over here, okay, are the Medians. And these are three superpowers..."
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"They're powerful, but they're not powerful enough to destroy each other. Okay? Around this time will emerge a new power center called the Persians...."
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"...they tried many different techniques on how to control Jerusalem. The Babylonians tried to take captives, hostages, and that didn't really work as well...."
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"...Bible, where the Jews were kicked out of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and the Temple was burned down. And so what the Jews believe..."
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"...another region, okay? So now what will happen is that the Babylonians will come. The Assyrians will come. Eventually, from the Zagos Mountains, a..."
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"...these empires change all the time. Okay? So this is the Babylonian Empire. This gives us Hammurabi. Okay? Then you have the Assyrian Empire...."
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"...So this is the Assyrian Empire. And this is the Neo -Babylonian Empire. Okay? So you have these empires that constantly change over time...."
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"...known for his openness. And so what happens is that the Babylonian Empire basically surrendered to him in a fight. Why? Because of elite..."
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"...being pulled in different directions okay the anatolians the assyrians the babylonians the egyptians because they're strategically very important and so what's really hard..."
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"...jerusalem uh basically they switch loyalties all the time eventually the babylonians are so pissed off that they decide to burn down their temple..."
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"...history, there have been three major empires. The Akkadian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, and the Assyrian Empire. And it goes back and forth. And..."
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"There's Greek mythology, there's Chinese mythology, there's Babylonian mythology, but Egyptian mythology, it's unique, okay? So I'm gonna explain to you the basic contours..."
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