How was Babylon like in 565 BC

There were many things going on in that area.Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon builds a high dam that is roughly 16 milong, joining the Tigris to the Euphrates and creating a giant lakebehind it. In the Near East, the first half of this century wasdominated by the Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean empire, which had risento power late in the previous century after successfully rebellingagainst Assyrian rule. The Kingdom of Judah came to an end in 586BC when Babylonian forces under Nebuchadnezzar II capturedJerusalem, and removed most of its population to their own lands.Babylonian rule was toppled however in the 540s, by Cyrus, whofounded the Persian Empire in its place. The Persian Empirecontinued to expand and grew into the greatest empire the world hadknown at the time.