Babylonians invade Greece

raharris1973

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Although it does not have the same cool imagery, could we imagine fighting of a more stable Babylonia against a league of Greek cities over Lydia?

Did the Babylonians have any plausible shot at conquering Egypt? The Assyrians pulled it off for a bit.
 

ar-pharazon

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Although it does not have the same cool imagery, could we imagine fighting of a more stable Babylonia against a league of Greek cities over Lydia?

Did the Babylonians have any plausible shot at conquering Egypt? The Assyrians pulled it off for a bit.
As I understand it-Egypt was quite weak in this period and if the Babylonians wished could have seized it.
 
Although it does not have the same cool imagery, could we imagine fighting of a more stable Babylonia against a league of Greek cities over Lydia?

Did the Babylonians have any plausible shot at conquering Egypt? The Assyrians pulled it off for a bit.

As I understand it-Egypt was quite weak in this period and if the Babylonians wished could have seized it.


I can't see it.

As for Egypt, it is pretty weak, and no real threat to Babylonia. They could support Babylon if need be.
 
Does the breadbasket potential matter here? Could Babylonia pull a Rome and feed itself to greater numbers with Egyptian wheat?
Nope.
Egyptian grain went to Rome (and later, New Rome) by ship. That was economically viable. They'd have to bring Egyptian grain to Babylon by carts and river barges. Not really sustainable with the time's tech (less developed than in Imperial Roman times). Also, Egypt rebell ed repeatedly against the Assyrians, and the Neo-Babylonians are less of a military power than the Assyrians ever were, ruling over more depleted lands. They really had none of the Assyrian all-conquering mindset, while also lacking the universalist approach of the Achaemenid Empire.
 
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