A new beginning for the Middle East: The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia

Name: A new beginning for the Middle East: The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia
Uploaded: 2019-10-09T08:32:33+03:30
Duration: 14 min 48 s
Description: The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. It was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of Persian King Cyrus the Great (559-530 BC) after he captured Babylon in 539 BC.