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Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600–530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Jun 24, 2024 · Cyrus the Great (born 590–580 bce, Media, or Persis [now in Iran]—died c. 529, Asia) was a conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River.
Feb 21, 2018 · Cyrus II (d. 530 BCE), also known as Cyrus the Great, was the fourth king of Anshan and the first king of the Achaemenid Empire. Cyrus led several military campaigns against the most powerful kingdoms of the time, including Media, Lydia, and Babylonia.
Jul 14, 2022 · Through far-reaching military conquests and benevolent rule, Cyrus the Great transformed a small group of semi-nomadic tribes into the mighty Persian Empire, the ancient world's first...
Dec 13, 2021 · A son of Cambyses I, Cyrus the Great is most known for founding the Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire. During his almost three-decade rule, he successfully made the Persian Empire the greatest empire in the world up until that time.
May 6, 2019 · Like many ancient rulers, the Persian conqueror Cyrus the Great (ca 590– ca 529 B.C.), also known as Cyrus II, was born of royalty. On the death of his father, Cambyses I, Cyrus ruled the...
Aug 15, 2022 · Most of this territory was conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Empire, who reigned from 559 to 530 BCE, the fourth king in his dynastic line as relayed in the opening quote from the Cyrus Cylinder, a foundational text for the study of Cyrus.
Oct 12, 2020 · Biography. Capture of Babylon. Persians and Medes. A modern Persian carpet showing Cyrus the Great, seen in Tehran. Expressions like "king of the Persian kingdom" and "the Median kingdom" are a bit misleading.
Jun 24, 2013 · Unsurprisingly, Cyrus retained a strong positive image: a sixteenth-century depiction, included in the exhibition, shows Cyrus as one of four great rulers of antiquity: Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560–1618 Antwerp) after Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532–1603 Antwerp).
Cyrus the Great, conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centered on Persia and stretching from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River.
