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Which of the following is true about the Persian Empire?

A. The Persian king was selected by whose horse was the first to neigh in response to the rise of the sun. (This was mostly ceremonial, but they cared about the ceremony.)
B. Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire, conquered the city of Jerusalem and sent the Jews into exile.
C. Persian kings were tolerant and allowed subject peoples to become fully equal to Persians through military service.



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The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great was marked by tolerance towards subject peoples, including allowing the Jews to return to Judah. Persian kings maintained a multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious empire through their tolerant rule.


Explanation:

Persian kings were tolerant and allowed subject peoples to become fully equal to Persians through military service. They did not aim to transform diverse ethnicities and religions into Persians but maintained a multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious empire.

Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire, indeed conquered territories like Babylon and allowed the exiled Jews to return to Judah, showing a degree of generosity and leniency in his rule.

The Persian Empire was a vast entity that extended from the Balkans to the Indus River valley, characterized by a strong centralized bureaucracy headed by a king and regional governors called satraps.


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