CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
Question
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King Darius
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Cyrus the Great
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Alexander the Great
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King Solomon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire and king of Persia from 559 to 530 BC. He is venerated in the Hebrew Bible as Cyrus the Messiah for conquering Babylon and liberating the Jews from captivity .
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the Cyrus Cylinder, to what did Cyrus ascribe his victory over the Babylonians? Cyrus describes how he conquered Babylon in 539 B.C.-without a fight, or so he alleges-and then took its king, Nabonidus, prisoner, all with the aid of Marduk, the most important Babylonian god.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cyrus the Great, Founder of the Persian Empire, killed by Thamaris, Queen of the Massagetai. Dressed as a warrior, Thamaris, a woman who ruled over a group of nomads who lived to the east of the Caspian Sea, stands over the barrel that catches the blood of her enemy, Cyrus, king of the Medes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Fall of Babylon denotes the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire after it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BCE.
Detailed explanation-5: -He set the Jews free from their Babylonian Captivity that had taken place decades before. Cyrus facilitated their return to the promised land and he became a notable figure in the Jewish scripture as a savior who helped them build the Second Temple in Jerusalem.