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What Is the Cyrus Cylinder Often Called?
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- The Cyrus Cylinder is described as the first charter of human rights.
- Made of baked clay, it records Cyrus's conquest of Babylon.
- It declares religious freedom and the restoration of displaced peoples.
- A replica is displayed at the United Nations headquarters.
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1922 ā The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
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