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The battle for human rights has unfolded over the course of thousands of years. The oldest record is that of the Cyrus Cylinder, which is an ancient clay artifact that has been called the oldest-known charter of universal human rights and a symbol of Cyrus’ humanitarian rule. The cylinder dates from the 6th century BC and was discovered in the ruins of Babylon in 1879.
The cuneiform script is considered by many Biblical scholars to be evidence of Cyrus’s policy of repatriation of the Jewish people following their captivity in Babylon. Persians’ Zoroastrian faith was the source of religious tolerance. The three wise men in the Nativity Scene at the birth of Christ were Zorasters from Persia.