Notably, he conquered Babylon without destruction and freed ... Cyrus 2, Alexander 2 Cyrus the Great built the first true world empire, uniting diverse territories under the Achaemenid rule ...

it was this shift in behavior that triggered the decadence of the Persian Empire and the corruption of its great kings. Cyrus grants freedom to the Jewish exiles held in Babylon in this 19th ...

A discussion of the life and legacy of Cyrus the Great, who is said to have destroyed Babylon and enabled the Jews to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem - a contested story. Show more Melvyn Bragg ...

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Cyrus is admired in Jewish tradition because he allowed the Jews who were exiled to Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE to return to Jerusalem. An important source discussed ...

we remember the proclamation of the great King Cyrus the Great … he proclaimed that the Jewish exiles in Babylon can come back and rebuild our temple in Jerusalem … And we remember how a few ...