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It was king Cyrus of Persia that released the Jews from slavery in Babylon.
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 Medo-Persian Empire
He was king of the Persian Empire and the Jews were a part of his empire, the ten tribes of the north and the two tribes - Judah and Benjamin in the south, under provincial governors appointed by him.
he is the persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah
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Persian Jews or Iranian Jews are Jews historically associated with the Persian Empire or Iran. Today the term Iranian Jews is mostly used to refer to Jews from the country of Iran, but in various scholarly and historical texts, the term is used to refer to Jews who speak various Iranian languages.
Coresh (the Persian King Cyrus).
The Persian king, Cyrus the Great (c 560/559-530BCE) defeated the Babylonian Empire and freed the Jews.
Cyrus.
KING CYRUS THE GREAT conquered the Babylonian or Chaldean Empire and gave the Babylonian Jews permission to return to their homeland of Judah and rebuild their sacred Temple.