Ruler · Iron Age · Iran

Cyrus the Great

r. 559–530 BC

Founder of the Persian Empire, ruling from 559 to 530 BC. He overthrew the Medes, took Lydia and its king Croesus, and captured Babylon in 539 BC without a siege. His empire ran from the Aegean to Central Asia, the largest the world had yet seen.

Facts

Reign: 559 to 530 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cyrus the Great
Died: 530 BC, on campaign in the east.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cyrus the Great
Realm: The Achaemenid Persian Empire.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cyrus the Great
Known for: The capture of Babylon in 539 BC and the Cyrus Cylinder.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cyrus the Great

Images

The Cyrus Cylinder, recording Cyrus's capture of Babylon (British Museum, photograph via Wikimedia Commons)

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