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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: folklore-religion, religion, religions

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folklore religions

Local village religions inherited from family and place, contrasted with abstract elite religion.

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folklore religions

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Local village religions inherited from family and place, contrasted with abstract elite religion.

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Cyrus Makes Mercy Into Empire

2024-12-12, day precision · Civilization #23: Cyrus the Great as Messiah

Transcript

"...you know that's a good question. if this is the best religion what are the worst ones okay you're right there's really no bad..."

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Cyrus Makes Mercy Into Empire

2024-12-12, day precision · glossary

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A source-grounded reading of Cyrus as the foreign messiah: exile hardens Israelite memory, Persian mercy becomes a strategy of rule, Zoroastrianism turns administration into cosmic truth, and Ezra's purity project prepares the religious machinery...

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