Cyrus II
CYRUS II (c. 585–c. 529 BCE), called Cyrus the Great; builder and ruler of the Persian empire from 559 BCE until his death. A king of the Achaemenid dynasty, Cyrus (OPers., Kurush) com...
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Cyrus the Great
c. 600-529 B.C.
Persian king and emperor who established the Persian Empire. He succeeded his father as prince of Persis, a part of the Median Empire. He rebelled against and defeated ...
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Cyrus the Great (reigned 550-530 BC) was the founder of the Persian Empire. His reign witnessed the first serious contacts between Persians and Greeks and the permanent loss of political power by the ...
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Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus, the Great