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In the year 539 B.C.E., Babylon was conquered by Cyrus the Great of the Medes and Persians.
In the first year of his rule, Cyrus issued a decree that allowed the Israelites to return to their homeland.
(2 Chronicles 36:22, 23) 22 And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, that Jehovah's word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah roused the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia, so that he caused a cry to pass through all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying: 23 "This is what Cyrus the king of Persia has said, 'All the kingdoms of the earth Jehovah the God of the heavens has given me, and he himself has commissioned me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among YOU of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him. So let him go up.'"
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Following the Babylonian captivity many Jews scattered across the Persian Empire in what is known as what?
The Jews could be scattered in what is now Iraq.
Empire that replaced the babylonian empire when it fell?
The Assyria Empire took over the Babylonian Empire when it fell.
Who or what is nebuchadnezear?
Nebuchadnezzar is a Babylonian king who destroyed the temple of Solomon and started the Babylonian captivity of the Jews.
Nebuchadnezzar's sack of this city initiated the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews?
Jerusalem
The Babylonian Captivity of the Jews lasted for how many years?
70 years.
What happened during the Babylonian captivity?
The Persians conquered the Chaldeans during the Babylonian Captivity.Thousands of Jews marched to work as slaves
Which event took place before the Babylonian captivity?
The major event preceding the Babylonian captivity was the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Jewish holy temple in the city.
How long did the Jews spend in Babylon?
The Babylonian Captivity was from 586 B.C.E. to 532 B.C.E. or 54 years.
What is the Babylonian Captivity in 1309-1377?
The Babylonians took the jews captive then plundered and destroyed their temples in search for gold and silver. Then used the Jews as slaves
What is the Babylonian Captivity in 1309 1377?
The Babylonians took the jews captive then plundered and destroyed their temples in search for gold and silver. Then used the Jews as slaves
Exile of the Jews from palestine?
There are a lot of myths about Jews, particularly, the belief that the Jews of Europe, the Ashkenazic Jews, originated in the middle east and migrated to Russia and Europe. However, this does not appear to be historically accurate. Rather, a Russian tribe called the Kazars converted to Judaism, and gave rise to the Ashkenazic Jews. The original Sephardic Jews of the middle east were never actually exiled (unless you want to count the Babylonian Captivity, a much earlier historical event when Jews were forcibly relocated by the Babylonian Empire).
How did the Persians free the Hebrews?
Cyrus, king of Persia, issued an edict inviting the Jews to return to their land from the Babylonian Captivity.
