Consider the following statement and choose the correct answer:
In 539 BC, 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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B
Mass murdered them
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C
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, Cyrus 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.