In 612 Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria, was taken by the Medes and Babylonians and the latter inherited the former Assyrian empire ... they described the Medo-Persian advance on Babylon ...

Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, had a dream about a statue composed of four different metals, believed to represent successive empires, including his own. Daniel's ...