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Event

Edict of Cyrus and the Return to Zion

c. 539 BC

ReligionHistory

Cyrus the Great allows the exiles in Babylon to return and rebuild the Temple

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Connections

led to Second Temple completed
preceded by Destruction of the First Temple — Babylonian exile

Sources

Wikipedia: Edict of Cyrus (accessed 2026-09-28)
Wikipedia: Return to Zion (accessed 2026-09-28)