Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (born 600 BC)

Cyrus the Great

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (600–530 BC)

Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanding…