Who became the dominant power in the ancient near east after the assyrians?

Then, in 555 B.C., the Persian King Cyrus the Great united the Persians and the Medes; and over the years, as his strength and reputation grew, he expanded his empire until finally, in 1539 B.C. he took Babylon in a bloodless coup and established Persia as the dominant force in the Near East.

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no because we were not ready for war