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Mudanyaal iyo Marwooyinka qaaliga ah, Jarmalka waxaa ka jira Xeer iyo Dhaqan gooni ee Kiraystaha, tahay in ey ilaaliyaan. Warqaddaan Macluumaad Kiraystayaasha ayaa leydinku tilmaamayaa iyo leydinku sharxayaa, sida aad u heshaan Aragti gooni ah. Haddii ey dhacdo in aad u baahantaan Caawinaad iyo taagyeero ku saabsan Arrintaan, waxaad ka heleesaan Bogga ugu dambeeyo ee Warqadda Macluumaad Kiraystayaasha,Taas aad ka heleesaan Cinwaanada Qofka aad la xiriirin laheeden ama ka sheegayo Goobta kula talin laheed

Lisbeth S. Fried's insightful study investigates the impact of Achaemenid rule on the political power of local priesthoods during the 6th-4th centuries B.C.E. Scholars typically assume that, as long as tribute was sent to Susa, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire, subject peoples remained autonomous. Fried's work challenges this assumption. She examines the inscriptions, coins, temple archives, and literary texts from Babylon, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Judah and concludes that there was no local autonomy. The only people with power in the Empire were Persians and their appointees, and this was true for Judah as well. The Judean priesthood achieved its longed-for independence only much later, under the Maccabees