De Cyruscilinder
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: BEGINNER (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
De Cyruscilinder is erg oud.
The Cyrus Cylinder is very old.
Mensen vonden hem in het jaar 1879.
People found it in the year 1879.
Het is een bekende tekst uit de geschiedenis.
It is a famous text from history.
Cyrus de Grote regeerde over een groot rijk.
Cyrus the Great ruled a large empire.
Hij ging naar Babylon in oktober 539.
He went to Babylon in October 539.
Cyrus was een machtige leider van nomaden.
Cyrus was a powerful leader of nomads.
Hij versloeg veel mensen in de landen.
He defeated many people in the lands.
De cilinder vertelt ons over zijn macht.
The cylinder tells us about his power.
We leren veel van dit oude voorwerp.
We learn much from this ancient object.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- Ancient
- Oud
- Empire
- Rijk
- Powerful
- Machtig
- Leader
- Leider
- Object
- Voorwerp
- History
- Geschiedenis
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