It was called the Babylonian Exile or the First Diaspora.
Cyrus of Persia.
Was? Since the time of the Babylonian exile, up to the present, Jews have congregated for communal prayers in synagogues.
The time when the Jews were moved to Babylon is called the Babylonian Exile.
There are two questions here:Which empire ended the Babylonian exile and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland? -- The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great.What were some results of the return? -- A minority of Jews returned to the Land of Israel and built the Second Temple.
There are two questions here:Which empire ended the Babylonian exile and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland? -- The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great.What were some results of the return? -- A minority of Jews returned to the Land of Israel and built the Second Temple.
The question answers itself. Specifically, the "Babylonian Exile" refers to the invasion of Judea by Babylon in 586 B.C.E. and the deportation of the Jewish population of Judea to Babylon. The Babylonian Exile ended in 534 B.C.E. when King Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon and permitted the Jews in Babylon to return to the southern Levant.
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The Persian king, Cyrus the Great (c 560/559-530BCE) defeated the Babylonian Empire and freed the Jews.
Daniel takes place during the Babylonian exile, roughly 2500 years ago, during which some Jews (such as Daniel) rose to positions of prominence within the Babylonian monarchy.
The return of several tens of thousands of Jews from the Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple.
Prior to 586 BCE, the Hebrews were divided into 12 tribes. After the Babylonian Exile, most of the tribes assimilated into Babylonian culture and were lost. The surviving people were mainly from the Tribe of Judah. So they were called Judeans, which later became shorted to Jews.