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Read the passage again, focusing on the underlined sentence.

When I [Cyrus] made my triumphal entrance into Babylon, I took up my lordly residence in the royal palace with joy and rejoicing; Marduk [a Babylonian God], the great lord, moved the noble heart of the residents of Babylon to me, while I gave daily attention to his worship. My numerous troops marched peacefully into Babylon. In all Sumer and Akkad I permitted no enemy to enter. The needs of Babylon and of all its cities I gladly attended to . . . the shameful yoke was removed from them. Their dwellings, which had fallen, I restored. I cleared out their ruins. Marduk, the great lord, rejoiced in my pious deeds, and graciously blessed me.

—Cyrus Cylinder, ca. 539 BCE

According to Cyrus, why did the Babylonian people support his rule?

He frightened them into accepting him with his triumphal entrance.
He began to worship Marduk, the Babylonian god.
He and his troops marched peacefully into the city.
He paid attention to the needs of the people.

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He began to worship Marduk, the Babylonian god.

Cyrus claims Marduk moved the people's hearts to him because Cyrus gave daily attention to Marduk's worship.