Cyrus did not defeat the Persians. Cyrus, as a Persian himself, actually gave them an empire.
Alexander the Great took Judah over in passing and incorporated it as a minor part of his empire.No Jewish king defeated the Persians, the Persians took over Judah as part of their empire.
The Judeans did not defeat Persia, the Persians under their king Cyrus the Great took control of Judah which was already under control of the Babylonians whom Persia replaced as ruler. The Babylonians had already deported the entire aristocracy of Judea. Persian king Cyrus the Great allowed them to return and try to reclaim their ancestral estates.
The Judeans did not defeat Persia, the Persians under their king Cyrus the Great took control of Judah which was already under control of the Babylonians whom Persia replaced as ruler. The Babylonians had already deported the entire aristocracy of Judea. Persian king Cyrus the Great allowed them to return and try to reclaim their ancestral estates.
During the 500s B.C., a group of people called the Persians swept across southwest Asia. The Persians defeated the Chaldeans and took over Babylon. In 538 B.C. the Persian King Cyrus permitted Jews to return to Judah.
Persia took over the territory of Judah when Persia conquered Babylon at the Battle of Opis in 539 B.C.E. Babylon already controlled Judah at that point. As a result, the Persians acquired the territory of Judah without having to actually conquer it themselves.
No Greek king conquered Persia as there was no kingdom of Greece, and no king. King Alexander of Macedonia defeated the Persian Empire and made it into an empire of his own. Judah was a small state within that empire.
538 b.C.e.
A:Alexander the Great annexed Judah in 331 BCE after defeating the Persians, the previous rulers of Judah.
Cyrus conquered Babylon.
Cyrus the Great. - 'Thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people may Yahweh, his God, be with him and let him go there.' (2 Chronicles 36:23)
Alexander the Great took over Judea as a minor part of his empire when capturing the eastern Mediterranean coastline as a prelude to his conquest of Persia.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire, and one of the minor territories he took over in the process was Judah.