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Cyrus II …, 600 BC–530 BC?> (aged 70 years)
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- King of Persia (559-530 BC)
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- Cyrus II
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- The Great
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King of ?ry?varta, King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the World |
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Cyrus the Great was the son of Cambyses I, a descendant of Achaemenes (Hakhamanish) (flourished 7th century bc), and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty. When Cyrus became ruler of the Persian district of Anshan, the district was subject to theMedes; five years later he led a rebellion against the Medes that resulted in the capture of King Astyages (reigned about 584-c. 550 bc) and the overthrow (550 bc) of the Median Empire. Thereafter Cyrus called himself king of Persia and ruled aterritory extending from the Halys River in Asia Minor, eastern border of Lydia, to the Babylonian Empire on the south and east. Babylon, Egypt, Lydia, and the city-state of Sparta in Greece combined to curb the power of Cyrus, but in 546 bc thePersians added Lydia to their realm, and in 539 bc the kingdom of Babylon fell to Cyrus. The Persian Empire was the most powerful state in the world until its conquest two centuries later by Alexander the Great. Cyrus was an able and merciful ruler. Significant among his deeds was his granting of permission to the Jews to returnfrom their exile in Babylon to their native Israel to rebuild the Temple of Solomon. Cyrus died while leading an expedition against the eastern tribe, the MasSagetae, and was succeeded by his son, who became Cambyses II. |
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King of Persia (559-530 BC) Cyrus II "The Great" |
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