Claim: The Fall of Babylon I in the long or high chronology occurred in 1651 BC or Before Christ, a calendar era based on the year of the birth fo Jesus of Nazareth.
Evidence: For other uses, see Babylonia § The sack of Babylon and ancient Near East chronology. The Fall of Babylon denotes the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire after it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BCE. c. AD 1000