CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Cyrus Cylinder
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Declaration of Independence
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Magna Carta
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The Odyssey
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Detailed explanation-1: -He freed the slaves, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion, and established racial equality. These and other decrees were recorded on a baked-clay cylinder in the Akkadian language with cuneiform script.
Detailed explanation-2: -Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “Cylinder of Cyrus”, also known as “Edict of Cyrus”, is considered one of the earliest expressions of the concept of human rights. A replica of the ancient clay cylinder was presented to UN Secretary-General U Thant by the government of Iran in 1971. The original is held by the British Museum.
Detailed explanation-4: -Excavated at Babylon in 1879, the Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian king Cyrus the Great after he captured Babylon in 539 B.C. It marks the establishment of Persian rule and records how Cyrus restored shrines and allowed deported peoples to return home.