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The Jews were very weak - they were ruled by aristocracies transplanted to rule them by the Assyrians and the Babylonians to keep them quiet. Cyrus allowed part of the exiled Jewish aristocracy to return to Judea to try to reestablish themselves. They had increasing success reestablishing their influence there, but the ten Jewish tribes in the north remained under the control of foreign local rulership.

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