jan 1, 539 BC - Cyrus Cylinder

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An ancient clay cylinder that confirms the Persian king's policy of returning exiles and allowing the worship of other gods.

"I returned the images of the gods, who had resided there to their places and I let them dwell in eternal abodes. I gathered all their inhabitants and returned to them their dwellings."

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cyrus-cylinder/cyrus-cylinder-translation/

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