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So as famously recorded in the book of Daniel Bel'shazzar the last king of Babylon was killed while celebrating and drinking from the temple cups.
The Persians had found a weakness in the city walls.
What if the Babylonians had held out and driven back the Persians?
Consequences for the ancient near east? Judaism? Persia? Mesopotamia?