Temple Of The Jews Inaugurated

When Babylon was liberated and Jews who had been enslaved and brought from Jerusalem were freed. The policy of tolerance and understanding towards religious beliefs was very remarkable during the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus ordered payment of necessary funds to the Jews for them to rebuild their temple of Salomon which was destroyed by Assyrians. But there had been opposition from Samarians who wanted the temple to be built in Samaria. This idea had received support from the satrap of Syria. A messenger was sent to Susa to ask Dariush what to do. Dariush ordered his clerk to search in the archives for an answer. The original order by Cyrus the great was found in Ecbatana and hence construction of the temple started in Jerusalem. The second temple of the Jews was inaugurated on April, 1, 515.
Another example of such religious tolerance dated back to 518 B.C. when Dariush visited Egypt for the second time, he saw people mourning and learned that Apis had died on Aug, 31st. He ordered search for a new Apis that was found on Nov, 9th.
Recognition of people's freedom of religion is a behavior that has been a key to success of any regime's life expectancy that guarantees their citizens to live in peace. (Updated: Dec, 11, 2007)

• Apis: اپافوس
• Assyria: آشور
• Bab: باب
• Babylon: بابل
• Cyrus: کورش(Kurosh)
• Dariush: داريوش(Darius)
• Ecbatana: اکباتان(Ekbatana-هکمتانه)
• Egypt: مصر
• Jerusalem: اورشليم-بيت المقدس(Ghods)
• Jews: يهوديان
• Salomon: سليمان
• Samaria: سامرا
• Syria: سوريه