RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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During Cyrus’s rule, why did the Jews look to their religion for leadership?
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The Jews looked to their religious leaders because the Persians would not let them run their government.
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The Jews looked to their religious leaders because the Persians would not let them practice their religion.
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The Jews looked to their religious leaders because the Persians enslaved them.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus the Great-the leader of one such tribe-began to defeat nearby kingdoms, including Media, Lydia and Babylon, joining them under one rule. He founded the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, in 550 B.C. The first Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great soon became the world’s first superpower.
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