536 BC - The biblical Daniel receives an angelic visitor. see Daniel 10:4 (http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=daniel+10%3A4&language=english&version=NLT)
In 609 BC, which is about 2600 years ago, Babylon captured the last Assyrian king and took over the holdings of the Assyrian empire, to which the land of Israel previously had been subjugated.
Written: perhaps between 701-681 BC Fulfilled: 539BC In Isaiah 14:23, the prophet said that Babylon, which had been a world power at two different times in history, would be brought to a humble and final end.
But, in 538 BC, they were released from captivity and many eventually returned to their homeland.
539BC - Babylon is conquered by Cyrus, defeating Nabonidus; noted in such documents as that of Africanus, Ptolemy, Eusebius, and Diodorus.
530 BC - 525 BC - Battle between the Gods and the Giants, fragment of the north frieze of the Siphnian Treasury, from the Sanctuary of Apollo, Delphi, is made.
539 BC/538 BC - Death of Nabonidus, the last King of Babylon.