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Three great men (Zoroaster, Cyrus the Great, and unknown)

This panel highlighting these three ancient human rights activists really spoke to me. The individual to the far left is Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism, and the one in the middle is Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Great was far ahead of his time, and he created the Cyrus Cylinder. Regarded by many as the first attempt by a state to create some form of a declaration of human rights. Jews who were previously exiled from their homeland were allowed to return as a result of the Cyrus Cylinder. I do not remember the name of the individual to the far right.

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Uploaded on August 30, 2018
Taken on August 28, 2018