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<font size=3>At 10:37 AM 2/18/2013, R. Eli Turkel wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">As we approach Purim I again
review some of the difficulties with the<br>
traditional history of the Persia as given by chazal<br><br>
According to Chazal there were 4 Persian kings<br>
1) Darius the Mede<br>
2) Cyrus<br>
3) Achasverosh<br>
4) Daryavosh (conquered by Alexander the great)<br><br>
Darius the Mede & Cyrus - 5 years<br>
Achashverosh 14 years<br>
Daryavosh 35 years<br>
total 54 years<br><br>
70 years aftyer Chruban Bayit Rishon came in 2nd year of Daryavosh<br>
Jews ruled by Persian for another 34 years
afterwards</font></blockquote><br>
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<font size=3>See Rav Shimon Schwab's article Comparative Jewish
Chronology at
<a href="http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/comparative_jewish_chronology.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/comparative_jewish_chronology.pdf</a>
that deals with these issues. <br><br>
YL</font></body>
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