King Cyrus of Persia
Bikram Brar
Ms. Lussier
Classics 11G-Section 2
November 15, 2014
This essay is about King Cyrus of Persia or as known throughout the world in his day as Cyrus the Great. This essay will be four paragraphs which will state his early life, genealogy and rise to the throne, his adult life and many conquests, his later years, families, death and his lasting legacy.
King Cyrus was born in c. 575 B.C. He was the son of a Persian king called Cambyses and his wife Mandane, and he was called Kurush or Cyrus as Greeks said it. He would be Cyrus the Great, Cyrus the architect and Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire. There are few details of his birth and childhood but most of them can be found in the stories
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The more reliable Herodotus said Cyrus was of partly Median and that a Median king Astyages, overlord of the Persians, gave his daughter Mandane to his Persian serf Cambyses, rather than one of his Medes that were held in high prestige. He did this because he had a dream where his daughter said she hated him and his kingdom. Herodotus said he kept on having dreams like this and when he heard Cyrus was born ordered one of his officers Harpagus to kill the child. Other accounts say he had dreams that Cyrus would one day overthrow him and that’s why he ordered him killed. Harpagus didn’t have the heart to kill the child and then hid him in the mountains with herdsmen, who agreed to take care of him. Astyages then had Harpagus’ son butchered, jointed the body and then served it dressed in mutton to Harpagus. At the age of 10 Cyrus was found but Astyages was persuaded to let Cyrus live. In 559 B.C. He Cyrus rose to the thrown of Anshan and began to show signs of independence from his Median overlord. When Cyrus became a man Harpagus convinced him to lead the Persians to revolt against Astyages. In 553 B.C. Astyages brought he feared horseman down south/. The Persians were heavily outnumbered but fought savagely. When it was seen that surrender was inevitable, the women even took the battlefield to cheer on Cyrus and the soldiers. The conflict lasted for three years but finally Astyages lost and was captured. Harpagus supreme
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A man named Cyrus overthrew the Persian monarch and became the forefather of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He united the Persian tribes and conquered Lydia, as well as Mesopotamia later on in his rule.
Cyrus the Great and King Ashoka were successful rulers because they both developed laws to protect their kingdom, valued their citizen’s rights and religions, and had a strong military. While they both had a thriving empire, they developed them in different ways. In order to be a good ruler, he must be liked by your subjects. Cyrus the Great as well as King Ashoka had strong leadership skills that enabled them to lead their people with confidence and power. They both wanted their kingdom to grow continuously. Historians today often refer to Cyrus the Great and King Ashoka as the most powerful rulers of their time.
After the Assyrian Empire fell to the Chaldeans, later, the Chaldeans then surrendered to the Persian Empire. The Persians were a nomadic people that obtained the Indo-European tongue. Cyrus the Great was a Persian ruler that created the Persian state even more powerful with the introduction of satrapies, provinces when they continued to expand their nation. Je was a ruler with great wisdom and restraint that Babylonians experienced when Cyrus took them over. Cyrus, a merciful leader, allowed the Jews to return to their home city, Jerusalem, with all their sacred objects and could rebuild their Temple. He was a respected king for he allowed the practices of Assyria, Babylonia, Egyptian, and Lydia to occur in his palace. Even after he died,
Cyrus the Great’s(C. 600-530 BCE) expansion started in Persia, located on the southern portion of the Iranian peninsula, Cyrus conquered the Medes, led by King Astyages, circa 559 BCE in the northern part of the peninsula. From there, he moved into Ecbatana to take over the Medes. He united the them with
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Cyrus the Great became ruler of the Persians because he did not want to be controlled by the meads and along with his nomadic warriors, he overtook them. Previously, the Medes had an Iranian religion of whom the Magi were like the priests of Persia and with their great architectural knowledge, they build fire temples which were used by the Magi to perform ceremonies & rituals. This religion derived from magic and astrology, principles of dualism (good & Evil) and resurrection. This religion is one of the causes for which Cyrus the great, rebelled against the Medes. With his army, he conquered most of Asia and remained in power because of the type of ruler that he was. Cyrus allowed the people to keep their customs and practice their own religions, worship their own gods and carry their separate rituals,
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The ancient civilizations had very different ways of running their empires throughout their time. The Persians and Greeks held very true to this statement. They both had different sources that contributed to the power they held. The Persians had a very large empire and had a specific way of controlling it. First lets see how the Persians came to be. Cyrus, the son of the Assyrian king, was supposed to be killed as a baby. He was instead taken to a village that soon became called Persia. As Cyrus matured, the people could tell he had the characteristics of a king. He soon became just that. He didn’t want to be just a ruler though, he wanted to be different. His tactics were based on mercy, forgiveness, and compassion. Cyrus did go to war still
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