Surprisingly, we know little of Cyrus, although he became the archetype of the Persian ruler and perhaps the most famous man in Persian history. He conquered most of western Asia, but, judged by the standards of his time, he was both humane and tolerant. Unlike earlier and later rulers, both Eastern and Western, he did not [...]. While in Babylon, he gave the resi-dent Jews, whom the Assyrians had exiled to the “Baby-lonian Captivity,” permission to return to Jerusalem and restored to them the temple utensils that Nebuchad-nezzar had confiscated. I
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massacre the people he conquered and did not try to suppress local cults
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Surprisingly, we know little of Cyrus, although he became the archetype of the Persian ruler and perhaps the most famous man in Persian history. He conquered most of western Asia, but, judged by the standards of his time, he was both humane and tolerant. Unlike earlier and later rulers, both Eastern and Western, he did not [...]. While in Babylon, he gave the resi-dent Jews, whom the Assyrians had exiled to the “Baby-lonian Captivity,” permission to return to Jerusalem and restored to them the temple utensils that Nebuchad-nezzar had confiscated. I
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Surprisingly, we know little of Cyrus, although he became the archetype of the Persian ruler and perhaps the most famous man in Persian history. He conquered most of western Asia, but, judged by the standards of his time, he was both humane and tolerant. Unlike earlier and later rulers, both Eastern and Western, he did not [...]. While in Babylon, he gave the resi-dent Jews, whom the Assyrians had exiled to the “Baby-lonian Captivity,” permission to return to Jerusalem and restored to them the temple utensils that Nebuchad-nezzar had confiscated. I
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massacre the people he conquered and did not try to suppress local cults
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<span>Surprisingly, we know little of Cyrus, although he became the archetype of the Persian ruler and perhaps the most famous man in Persian history. He conquered most of western Asia, but, judged by the standards of his time, he was both humane and tolerant. Unlike earlier and later rulers, both Eastern and Western, he did not massacre the people he conquered and did not try to suppress local cults. While in Babylon, he gave the resi-dent Jews, whom the Assyrians had exiled to the “Baby-lonian Captivity,” permission to return to Jerusalem and restored to them the temple utensils that Nebuchad-nezzar had confiscated. I
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