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Question

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?

A
Enslaved them
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Mass murdered them
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Pillaged them
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D
Freed them
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Solution

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.

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