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Cyrus the Great
Case File · Persia (Iran)

Cyrus the Great

600 BC–530 BC · World Leaders · Quotes
The Record

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire and the largest realm the ancient world had yet seen, Cyrus freed the Jews from Babylon and left the Cyrus Cylinder — often called history's first charter of human rights.

The Contradiction

Modern nations cite his cylinder as the first human-rights charter — and he was an absolute conqueror who built the ancient world's largest empire by the sword. He freed Babylon's captives and was hailed in the Hebrew Bible as God's anointed, a pagan king called holy. Liberty by decree, enforced by an army.

The Doctrine

“Win first, then forgive — mercy is a privilege you conquer the right to give.”

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