troops to aid the Lydians and Greeks, the Persians then marched against Babylon and took the city in 539 BC, and the lands of the Babylonian Empire, including Phoenicia, passed into Persian hands. See also Phoenicia under Assyrian rule The Greatness That Was Babylon References Sources Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq External links Lebanon Assyrian and Babylonian domination of Phoenicia Babylonia Ancient Lebanon History of Phoenicia