Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) was known as an innovative warrior and a benevolent king. He expanded the Achaemenid Dynasty to ...

Cyrus 2, Alexander 2 Cyrus the Great built the first true world empire, uniting diverse territories under the Achaemenid rule, and consolidating a vast number of sub-territories while devising and ...

Yet another downloadable civilization has been released for Civilization 6, this time the Persian Empire, led by Cyrus the Great. Also known as the Achaemanid Empire, Cyrus founded and expanded ...

Cyrus went down in history as one of the most benevolent conquerors of all time, allowing his subjects to live—and worship—as they pleased. Engraving of Cyrus the Great. Cyrus governed with ...

Immediately after conquering Babylon, Cyrus the Great proclaimed himself the “King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Corners of the World.” His empire was, at the time ...