CIVILIZATION
PHOENICIAN
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Cyrus the GreatCiro el Grande
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Hammurabi
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Nabuchadnezzer
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Seven years later, Cyrus the Great, who allowed the Jews to return to their homeland and rebuild the Temple, died, and was succeeded by his son Cambyses. On his death, the “false Smerdis", an impostor, occupied the throne for some seven or eight months, and then Darius became king (522 BCE).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bible states how ‘the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, King of Persia. ‘ (2 Chron. 36:22.) Cyrus restored certain political and social rights to the captive Hebrews, gave them permission to return to Jerusalem, and directed that Jehovah’s temple should be rebuilt.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple in 20-18 BCE. The Jews led a revolt and occupied Jerusalem in 66 CE initiating the first Roman-Jewish war.