History reveals the great city of Babylon was conquered in one night, without resistance, in 539 BC by Cyrus the Great. Revelation 14:8 reads:
14:8 And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great citie, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah three times. Babylon’s first invasion took place in 605 B.C. during the first year Nebuchadnezzar was king. The king of Judah and his nobles surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar took captive to Babylon some youth from the royal family, including Daniel and his friends. Also, Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon some utensils from the temple (2 Kin 24:10; Dan 1:1-2). Babylon’s second invasion into Judah took place in 597 B.C., during the eighth year that Nebuchadnezzar was king. The Babylonians emptied the treasures of both the temple and the palace and carried into exile the leaders and skilled craftsmen of Jerusalem King Zedekiah of Judah rebelled against Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. Babylon’s third invasion into Judah took place in 587 B.C., during the eighteenth year that Nebuchadnezzar was king. King Zedekiah and his soldiers fled by night. The Babylonians captured King Zedekiah. Nebuchadnezzar had Zedekiah watch the Babylonians kill his sons. Then Nebuchadnezzar blinded Zedekiah and took him to a prison in Babylon. The Babylonians destroyed with fire the temple of the Lord, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every important building.