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Who allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem?
Who allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem?
When did the Second Temple complete?
When did the Second Temple complete?
What happened after the 30-month siege of Jerusalem?
What happened after the 30-month siege of Jerusalem?
Study Notes
- Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem in 589 BCE.
- Jerusalem fell after a 30-month siege, following which the Babylonians systematically destroyed the city and the First Temple.
- The Kingdom of Judah was dissolved and many of its inhabitants were exiled to Babylon.
- After Babylon had fallen to Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, in 539 BCE, he allowed the exiled Judeans to return to Zion and rebuild Jerusalem.
- The Second Temple was completed in 516 BCE.
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Test your knowledge of the ancient history of Jerusalem, including its sieges, destruction, and reconstruction under different empires.
