Hello! I am hoping to find a great resource that documents the the succession of kings during the time of Babylon and Medo-Persia. Hoping to find an up-to-date chronology that is recognized as being definitive as possible by scholars of that historic era.
Thank you for your suggestions!
You're in luck! A terrific new history of Babylonia was published just last month, A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 by Paul-Alain Beaulieu.
For Persia, I recommend beginning with Matt Waters' Ancient Persia: A Concise History of the Achaemenid Empire, 550-330 BCE.