Babylonian captivity

founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)

King of Babylon

Hamadan ( ; , ) is a mountainous city in western Iran. It is located in the Central District of Hamadan County in Hamadan province, serving as the capital of the province, county, and district. As of the 2016 Iranian census, it had a population of 554,406 people in 174,731 households.

sixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)

period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylon

The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)

Ecbatana () was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. It was also an important city during the Seleucid and Sasanian empires. Ecbatana was located in the Zagros Mountains, the east of central Mesopotamia, on Hagmatana Hill (Tappe-ye Hagmatāna). Its strategic location and resources probably made it a popular site even before the 1st millennium BC. It is identified with the current city of Hamadan.

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Biblical event in which Jews returned to the Land of Israel following the conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the Achaemenid Persian Empire

Jehozadak is a man in the Bible, his name means "God had justified". He was the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (597-581 BCE, 1Chronicles 6:14, 15).