Please pardon my language, but what the fuck (at the headline, not the OP)?
Cyrus II, the founder of the Achaemenids (the first Persian Empire) gets *really good* press in Jewish scripture, because he allowed the exiles to return and rebuild the temple; they benefited from Achaemenid tolerance.
Cyrus II, the founder of the Achaemenids (the first Persian Empire) gets *really good* press in Jewish scripture, because he allowed the exiles to return and rebuild the temple; they benefited from Achaemenid tolerance.
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Joel S.
Only in the Middle East are relatively comprehensible modern conflicts rooted in the balance of power of nation-states reduced to quasi-mystical "ancient hatreds."
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But he seems to have been a good egg, as conquerors go.
And it may really be about influence-competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
the front and the back of things, the visible and the invisible
it is literally in Proverbs 25:2 (laughs for one must look it up to make it visible and seen)
If anything, these is ancient comity, spoiled by modern enmity.
His dynasty would be defeated by - wait for it - the (Medes and) Persians.
but also shaking my fist / my arm with agreement , pointing at the good point
Apart from the two well known rebellions there was the obscure Kitos War, which seems to have been decisive in bringing Trajan's attempted conquest of Mesopotamia to an end.
not sure if it's the bias of the British archaologists or smart people thinking of the Christian tourist-pilgrims, but there's some cognitive dissonance seeing Israel so Jesus-y on Birthright.
this includes people for and against
Ah, critical thinking.