This man's Edict of Restoration established a policy of religious tolerance in his empire, and as a result, is the only non-Jew in the Tanakh to be named a (*) Messiah.
This ruler inscribed the world's first charter of human rights onto a clay cylinder. This man first saw action against the Kingdom of Lydia, but sent his general Harpagus to finish the conquest. This man's Edict of Restoration established a policy of religious tolerance in his empire, and as a result, is the only non-Jew in the Tanakh to be named a (*) Messiah. In 539 BCE, this man peacefully occupied Babylon, but died nine years later fighting near the Caspian Sea. For 10 points, name this Persian king, founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
This ruler inscribed the world's first charter of human rights onto a clay cylinder.
Cyrus the Great [accept “Cyrus II of Persia” or “Cyrus the Elder”]