Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> What did Cyrus do to the captured people and slaves of Babylonia?

• A. Enslaved them
• B. Mass murdered them
• C. Pillaged them
• D. Freed them

Answer 1

The correct option is D Freed them

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> In 539 BC, Cyrus conquered Babylon, the capital city of the Babylonian empire. 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.