It was pride that led to their downfall… Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II) captured Babel without a battle, by slipping under the gates by blocking the river Eufrates. King Belshazzar, the grandson of Nebuchanezzar was so arrogant, that he threw a party while the Persians where outside. And then he saw the handwriting on the wall………..(Book of Daniel, cilynder of Cyrus in the British museum and Isiah chapter 45 (written in the 8th century BC!!!)

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