CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Question
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Cyrus the Great treated the conquered people well. He did not require them to change their
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religion or culture
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hair color
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shoe sizes
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cyrus the Great showed unusual amounts of clemency to the peoples and cities he conquered. One of the most famous examples of this was the mercy he showed towards the ancient Israelites, whom he allowed to return from exile in Mesopotamia to their ancestral homeland.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Cyrus claims that Marduk deserted the Babylonians because Nabonidus had reduced the citizenry to servile status.
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