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Jiang presents Cyrus the Great's restoration of exiled Israelite elites as an early example of imperial divide-and-conquer: rebuild a distinct polity in the Levant to generate durable internal conflict there.
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Cyrus THE Great
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...return to it. Then what happened was that Persia, under Cyrus the Great, comes and conquers Babylon, and he meets these Jewish priests who..."
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"...Babylonian court system okay as um scribes as intellectuals when Cyrus the Great took over Babylon he needed to create conflict within the Levant..."
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"Persians ruled for the run and conquer so he told the Israelites go back to um the Levant and reconstitute your nation of issue..."
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"...return to it. Then what happened was that Persia, under Cyrus the Great, comes and conquers Babylon, and he meets these Jewish priests who..."
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"...God and to their holy land. And, you know, with Cyrus the Great, the great messiah in the Bible, he sent the Jews back..."
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"And Israel gifted him, they minted him the Cyrus the Great coin, insinuating he was just like Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to..."
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"...Trump is fully bought into the idea that he is Cyrus the Great. Right. He really is. Yes."
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"...have always thought highly of the Persian people. Uh, Cyrus, Cyrus, the great is, it was the Jewish Messiah. Um, and it was the..."
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"...change over time. History changes when a man emerges called Cyrus the Great. Okay? Cyrus the Great is the founder of something called the..."
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"Cyrus the Great is also known for his mercy and his generosity. So when he conquers a place, what he will do is he..."
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"Okay? This is the tomb of Cyrus the Great. It's still in Iran today. There's a story that when Cyrus the Great, who was..."
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"...around the identity of the israelites are now gone 539 cyrus the great conquers babylon okay and he says i want the israelites to..."
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"...never ever end okay so the bible tells us that cyrus the great did this because god told me to do that very really..."
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