Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Russia's leader, Joseph Stalin. Even though they promised not to attack each other, Hitler later invaded Russia.
During World War II, Marshall was instrumental in preparing the U.S. Army and Army Air Forces for the invasion of the European continent. Marshall wrote the document that would become the central strategy for all Allied operations in Europe.
In modern historiography, polis<span> is normally used to indicate the </span>ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, and thus is often translated as "city-state<span>".</span>
In 539 BCE, Babylon fell to the Persians. (This event is dated securely from non-biblical sources). According to the Bible, in his first year (i.e., in 538 BCE) Cyrus the Great decreed that the deportees in Babylon could return to Yehud and rebuild the Temple.
