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Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes—who were these Persian kings? Internationally noted historian Edwin Yamauchi uses the latest archaeological information from Iran, along with over 100 photos and maps, to paint an illuminating portrait of Persia’s people, kings, cities, and role in Old Testament history. An invaluable guide to traversing the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah....

the conqueror of Babylon (Dan. 5:30) in 539, who was sixty-two years old then, with Cyrus.73 Herodotus knew of four versions of Cyrus’s youth (1:107–30). These legendary accounts have been compared with the stories of the rise of Sargon of Agade (twenty-third century B.C.) and with the account of Romulus, the founder of Rome (eighth century B.C.).74 As in many other examples from Greek folklore, Herodotus tells about a dream that forewarned Astyages that his grandson, if allowed to live,
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