Maccabees #2 - The Persians and Lydians
Dec 11th, 2008 by historygoy
King Cyrus established the Medo-Persian Empire, then came against and destroyed the Kingdom of Lydia. This brought the Persians in contact with the Greeks. Meanwhile, the Jews lived in exile in Babylon, studied the Torah, and Jerusalem remained as a pile of rubble.
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