Cyrus II (550 – 530 BC)
546BC conquered Asia Minor and
defeated king Cresus of Lydia
539BC Cyrus II took Babylon, liberating the Jews, and allowing 40,000
Jewish people to return home and reconstruct their temple
530BC Cyrus II died and Cambyses II became king of Persia (530 to 522 BC).
The Cyrus Cylinder speaks of Cyrus the Persian and his
conquest of Babylon in 539 BC
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