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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.
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.
- Richard N. Frye
- Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Achaemenian Empire. His empire, stretching from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River, was the largest that had...
- In Herodotus’s historically dubious account of Cyrus’s upbringing, Cyrus overthrows his grandfather Astyages and unites the latter’s Median kingdom...
- Cyrus’s career as a military leader began in earnest in 550 BCE, when he rose up against his Median overlord (and by some accounts, his grandfather...
- The Greek historian Herodotus provides the most famous account of Cyrus’s life in his History, a work that was probably as much fiction as it was f...
- Little is known about the last years of Cyrus’s life, and various contradicting stories of his death exist. It’s clear that he died while campaigni...
6 de may. de 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...
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- Kristin Baird Rattini
21 de feb. de 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.
14 de jul. de 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...
15 de ago. de 2022 · With an emphasis on primary sources, this most up-to-date biography of Cyrus the Great explains the king's influence among ancient Greeks and Macedonians, including Alexander the Great.
15 de ago. de 2022 · Escucha este artículo. La extensión estimada del Imperio aqueménida en su apogeo, hacia el año 500 a.C., era de dos millones de kilómetros cuadrados. La mayor parte de este territorio fue conquistado por Ciro el Grande, el fundador del Imperio, que reinó del 559 al 530 a.C., el cuarto rey de su línea dinástica, como se relata ...
