Neil MacGregor analyzed the Cyrus Cylinder in the context in which it was written, the era it was found, and in a modern middle east. in the original context he look at what it meant to the Persians as saw it as a sign of how they ran a multiethnic state. one in which the rulers must accept that different regions have different religions languages on norms. some of these were inferred by the message on the cylinder letting concurred peoples return to their homes and establishing some basics freedoms of religion, but some were from the fact the notes and edicts wore recorded in multiple languages and treated as official. the cylinder was written in Akkadian. when it was discovered it was used to reaffirm parts of the bible and gave important
