dec 31, 539 BC - Cyrus allowed the Jews to go home
Description:
538 B.C. was the year that Cyrus allowed the Jews to go home. Many Jews took the opportunity and traveled back to their homeland. That is when the Jewish rulers decided that there should be a second Jewish temple so they started building it. This temple was later really important to the Jewish people in the future.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 31, 539 BC
Now
~ 2568 years ago