By 1000 B.C., the Assyrians, who had established a powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia, gained the upper hand. But despite periods of stable rule, Babylon would always fall to someone else.

The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.

The newly-deciphered tablets consist of 61 predictions spread across four clay tablets, including an ominous warning that a 'king will die' and a 'nation will fall.' Although the tablets were ...

Babylon represents the expression of the creativity of the Neo-Babylonian Empire at its height. "The city's association with one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Hanging Gardens ...