Pretend it is the year 538 B.C.E., you’re an adviser to the Persian king Cyrus the Great, who just defeated the Babylonians. Within that empire, there is a rumor of a discontented group of Hebrews numbering some forty thousand that may threaten your new conquest. Given your strategy for imperial peace, what do you do?
A. Ignore the Hebrews and allow them to assimilate in Babylonia
B. Allow them to return to Jerusalem
C. Massacre them on site and hopefully alleviate the problem immediately
D. Something else
6) In 150+ words minimum each, discuss the historical content of at least one other student posts. You may reply that is debating and disagreeing with a student who chose a different option than you, but you do not have to.