Battle of Opis

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The Battle of Opis was the last major military engagement between the Achaemenid Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which took place in September 539 BC, during the Persian invasion of Mesopotamia. At the time, Babylonia was the last major power in Western Asia that was not yet under Persian control. The battle was fought in or near the strategic riverside city of Opis, located north of the capital city of Babylon in modern-day Iraq, and resulted in a decisive victory for Persia. Shortly afterwards, the Babylonian city of Sippar surrendered to Persian forces, who then supposedly entered Babylon without facing any further resistance. The Persian king Cyrus the Great was subsequently proclaimed as the king of Babylonia and its subject territories, thus ending its independence and incorporating the entirety of the fallen Neo-Babylonian Empire into the greater Achaemenid Empire.

-538  Wikidata
battle, Iraq, 

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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    arearegionParthiaWikidata
    arearegion246Parthian EmpireWikidata
    arearegion1958UnknownWikidata
    eventarmed conflict538Battle of OpisbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict165Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Parthian Empire, battleWikidata
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    eventarmed conflict263Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Sasanian Empire, Palmyra, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict363Siege of MaiozamalchasiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict363Battle of CtesiphonRoman Empire, Sasanian Empire, battle, Kingdom of ArmeniaWikidata
    eventarmed conflict629Siege of CtesiphonsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict637Siege of CtesiphonsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict942Battle of al-Mada'inbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1915Battle of CtesiphonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Ottoman Empire, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1980Operation Scorch Swordbattle, military operationWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1981Operation OperaairstrikeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict2003Battle of BaghdadUnited States, Iraq, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict2007July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrikeairstrikeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict20202020 Camp Taji attacksmissile strikeWikidata
    eventwar238War of the Brotherscivil warWikidata
    sitefortMaogamalchahuman settlement, fortressWikidata
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