Cyrus the Great

Cyrus' tomb

"I am Cyrus the king, an Achaemenid." in Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian languages. It is carved in a column in Pasargadae

Cyrus the Great (Persian: کوروش بزرگ, Kurush-e Bozorg, c. 590 BC or 576 — August 530 BC),^[1] was the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty in today's Iran.^[2] He was chosen as the leader of Persian people in Anshan, he defeated the Medes and was chosen as the Shah of the Persian Empire in 559 BC. Cyrus fought with the Lydian Empire and the Babylonian Empire. Before leaving Babylon, Cyrus also freed the Israelites who were imprisoned by Babylonians and allowed Jews to return to their native land.^[3]

He wrote the Cyrus Cylinder outlining his actions and policies. Cyrus died, probably in battle, in Pasargadae. His tomb remains in Pasargadae in Iran. Cyrus was famous for justice and kindness.^[4]

Cyrus The Great Media

Painting of king Astyages sending Harpagus to kill young Cyrus
Detail of Cyrus Hunting Wild Boar by Claude Audran the Younger, Palace of Versailles
Victory of Cyrus over Lydia's Croesus at the Battle of Thymbra, 546 BC
Croesus on the pyre. Attic red-figure amphora, 500–490 BC, Louvre (G 197)
Achaemenid soldiers (left) fighting against Scythians, 5th century BC. Cylinder seal impression (drawing).
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae receiving the head of Cyrus

References

↑ Dandamaev, M. A. (1989). A political history of the Achaemenid empire. Leiden: Brill. p. 373. ISBN 90-04-09172-6
↑ "ACHAEMENID DYNASTY – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
↑ Perrot, Jean; Collon, Dominique (28 August 2013). The Palace of Darius at Susa: The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781848856219. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
↑ Kohl, Benjamin G.; Witt, Ronald G.; Welles, Elizabeth B. (1978) (in en). The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719007347 . https://books.google.com/books?id=EQfpAAAAIAAJ&dq=Cyrus%27s+love+for+Cassandane&pg=PA198. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[1] Dandamaev, M. A. (1989). A political history of the Achaemenid empire. Leiden: Brill. p. 373. ISBN 90-04-09172-6

[2] "ACHAEMENID DYNASTY – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[3] Perrot, Jean; Collon, Dominique (28 August 2013). The Palace of Darius at Susa: The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781848856219. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[4] Kohl, Benjamin G.; Witt, Ronald G.; Welles, Elizabeth B. (1978) (in en). The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719007347 . https://books.google.com/books?id=EQfpAAAAIAAJ&dq=Cyrus%27s+love+for+Cassandane&pg=PA198. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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