Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
Actually, a lot of historians did believe it; they just didn't believe all of it. This is all tied in with the Enlightenment.

Anyway, Babylon never did rise again, and was totally subdued by the Persians. Alexander marched into a Persian city, not a Babylonian one. In fact, those preophecies are so accurate they are often considered to be falsified.
The Scripture describes the city never again being POPULATED, never mind being prominent...