Tracing the rise of Cyrus the Great, this chapter follows how a little known Persian king united Iran, defeated Lydia and Babylon, and ruled through tolerance rather than terror. From ancient cities ...
The Cyrus Cylinder was discovered at Babylon in 1879. Scholars soon realized its inscription corroborated with the biblical account of how the Jews brought to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar were ...
"This book is published to accompany the touring exhibition, "The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia" at Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 9 March - 28 April 2013 ; ...