Do you know Cyrus The Great?

Answer 1

Cyrus the Great ( 600?-530 bc), king of Persia (550-530 bc). He 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 (in about 558 bc) ruler of the Persian district of Anshan, the district was subject to the Medes; five years later he led a rebellion against the Medes that resulted in the capture of King Astyages (reigned about 584 to about 550 bc) and the overthrow (550 bc) of the Median Empire. Thereafter Cyrus called himself king of Persia and ruled a territory 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 about 546 bc the Persians 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 return from 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.

Answer 2

Cyrus the Great was the Persian king who defeated the Babylonians in 539 BC. He let the Israelites go home to Jerusalem and to rebuild the temple which would not be completed until the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. He was a very tolerant king and let his subjects practiced their own religion .

Answer 3

Of course! And he was the first one who took the tittle great!
Cyrus was the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia.
He actually founded Persia by uniting the two original Iranian Tribes, the Medes and the Persians.
He founded a government for his new kingdom, incorporating both Median and Persian nobles as civilian officials. He conquered Asia Minor and the great Lydian kingdom. Hyrcania and Parthia were already part of the Median Kingdom. Further east, he conquered Drangiana, Arachosia, Margiana and Bactria. After crossing river Oxus, he reached the Jaxartes, where he built fortified towns with the object of defending the farthest frontier of his kingdom against nomadic tribes of Central Asia. The victories to the east led him again to the west and sounded the hour for attack on Babylon and Egypt. When he conquered Babylon, he allowed the Jews to return to Palestine.

Answer 4

Yeah, known him for 4 yrs now, he's a great guy

Answer 5

Only great in his own mind...Now Alexander was really Great.

Answer 6

no never met him.