RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
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Question
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Cyrus destroyed Jerusalem, while the neo-Babylonians helped rebuild it
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Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem, while the neo-Babylonians forced them into exile
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Cyrus conquered all of Jerusalem, while the neo-Babylonians only destroyed the Jewish temple
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Cyrus banished the Jews from Jerusalem, while the neo-Babylonians allowed them to stay
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Detailed explanation-1: -After their release, the Persian king Cyrus the Great issued a proclamation known as the Edict of Cyrus that enabled the freed Jewish populace, exiled from Judah, to return to Jerusalem and the Land of Judah, which had begun to function as a self-governing Jewish province under the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus the Great saw himself as a liberator of people and not a conqueror. As long as his subjects didn’t revolt and paid their taxes, he treated them equally regardless of religion or ethnic background. He agreed to let the people he conquered maintain their religion and local customs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cyrus treated the Hebrew people in the lands he conquered by giving them what they wanted if they paid tribute. The Hebrews liked Cyrus because he freed them and let them rebuild their temple and the city of Jerusalem.