Cyrus Cylinder

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Cyrus cylinder is one of the oldest historical records, and revels the features of ideal kingship. According to the Cyrus Cylinder, the main quality of an ideal kingship was to be a shepherd by being tolerant and assuring justice and security of the kingdom. First, kings should be tolerant. Because they led people from different behaviors and believes, ideal kings should be able to respect the opinion of all of them without favoritism. For instance, in the Cyrus kingdom, people believed in different gods; however, Cyrus “made permanent sanctuaries for them” and allowed each people to worship his own god. In addition, ideal kings should be just. As shepherds, kings should be right persons who lead people in fair and honesty. In fact, the example
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