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The Achaemenid Empire: Persia's Golden Age of Power — Fexingo History
Cyrus the Great and the Cyrus Cylinder
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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Cyrus Cylinder, an ancient clay barrel inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform that records Cyrus the Great's conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE. Discovered in 1879, this artifact is often hailed as the first charter of...
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