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TIL Cyrus Cylinder is considered one of the earliest expressions of the concept of human rights. The text contains a declaration made by Cyrus the Great and proclaims his policy of religious tolerance and repatriation of displaced peoples, particularly Jews, following his conquest of Babylon.

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