Cyrus, king of Persia, issued an edict inviting the Jews to return to their land from the Babylonian Captivity.
No, but the Assyrians, Persians, and Babylonians all oppressed and/or conquered the Hebrews.(Note: there is a theory that the Phoenicians WEREthe ancient Hebrews).
Many groups ruled over the Hebrews: Egyptians Persians Babylonians Romans Assyrian Greeks Muslims Catholics Russians Nazis
They allowed the Hebrews to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem and to have general religious freedom and autonomy within the Persian Empire.
the persians freed the Isrealites after conquering the babylonians
The neighbors of the Phoenecians wer the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans and Hebrews..
To go back to their homeland and rebuild the Holy Temple.
it is a king
The Persians, for a relatively brief time, had a vast kingdom which overlapped most of the areas in which Jews lived at the time. At first, they were cordial, as long as the Jews paid their taxes. Under Ahasuerus (Xšayārša; Xerxes), however, they were in peril when he granted wide power to the Jew-hating Haman. After the Jewish Queen Esther orchestrated Haman's destruction, the Jews rose to importance under the Persians, with the Jewish Mordecai serving as viceroy.
Hebrews have been slaves (or second class citizens at best) to the following: •The Ancient Egyptians •The Babylonians •The Persians •The Assyrian Greeks •The Romans •The Muslims •The Catholic Church •The Russians •The Nazis
Just about everybody. Some conquerors include: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Persians, the Hellenic Greeks, the Romans, etc.
The Hebrews of Moses' time were slaves in Egypt. They wanted to be free in a land they could call their own.
He did not 'free it', he conquered it from the Persians it and incorporated it into his own empire.