One notable document written by this ruler was placed in a foundation deposit underneath the Esagila.
One notable document written by this ruler was placed in a foundation deposit underneath the Esagila. This man's son and successor had an incestuous relationship with this man's daughter, Atossa, and probably murdered this man's other son, Bardiya. His namesake Cylinder is sometimes consider the first declaration of human rights in history. This son of Persis seized the city of Sardis after defeating the Lydian king, Croesus. Herodotus reports that this man met his end fighting against Tomyris, the queen of the nomadic Massagetae people, while he was idealized in a namesake text by Xenophon. When this man conquered Babylon in 539 BCE, he permitted more than 40,000 Jews to leave and return to Palestine. For 10 points, name this founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
One notable document written by this ruler was placed in a foundation deposit underneath the Esagila.
Cyrus the Great [or Cyrus II]