CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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He treated his people well.
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He allowed the people to keep their religion and govenment.
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He allowed the Jewish people to go back to Jerusalem and to rebuild their temple.
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All of these are reasons he was considered to be a great leader.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He triumphed not just through conquest, but also by showing singular tolerance and mercy to those he defeated. A brilliant military strategist, Cyrus vanquished the king of the Medes, then integrated all the Iranian tribes, whose skill at fighting on horseback gave his army great mobility.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus is known as the Father of Iran for good reason. Unlike rulers before and since who have subdued their subjects, he believed in the good of people, something to this day that stands him out as one of the greatest leaders in world history and why he is worthy of the title, “The Great”.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Among his many achievements, this great leader of wisdom and virtue founded and extended the Persian Empire; conquered Babylon; freed 40, 000 Jews from captivity; wrote mankind’s first human rights charter; and ruled over those he had conquered with respect and benevolence.”
Detailed explanation-4: -He conquered vast territories, from modern Turkey (Anatolia) to modern Oman. Cyrus freed the Jewish people from the Babylonian Kingdom, ending the era of Babylonian Captivity, or the exile of the Jews. He also issued the world’s first human rights charter to protect the religious minorities in his kingdom.