The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East by Neil MacGregor, John Curtis

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East

Neil MacGregor, John Curtis

144 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative reflective medium-paced
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The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559-530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC. It i...

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