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Consider the following statement and choose the correct answer:
In 539 B.C., Cyrus conquered Babylon, the capital city of the Babylonian empire.
What did he do to the captured people, the Babylonian slaves?
Consider the following statement and choose the correct answer:
In 539 B.C., Cyrus conquered Babylon, the capital city of the Babylonian empire.
What did he do to the captured people, the Babylonian slaves?
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The correct option is D Freed them
In 539 B.C., Cyrus conquered Babylon, the capital city of the Babylonian empire. But he did not enslave or pillage the conquered people; instead, he freed the Babylonian slaves. He even decreed that people had the right to choose their religion.
In 539 B.C., Cyrus conquered Babylon, the capital city of the Babylonian empire. But he did not enslave or pillage the conquered people; instead, he freed the Babylonian slaves. He even decreed that people had the right to choose their religion.
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