Events
Cyrus the Great
was born.Cyrus the Great defeats
his supposed grandfather
Astyages (Ruler of Medes)Became first Achaemenian
Persian RulerCyrus the Great adds
the Ionian city-states
of Greece to Persian
EmpireCyrus the Great Conquers
the Lydian EmpireCyrus the Great absorbs
Phoenicia into the Persian
EmpireCyrus the Great conquers
Babylonia absorbing Babylon
into the Persian EmpireAfter Cyrus the Great
conquers Babylonia,
he allows the Jews to
return to PalestineJews regard Cyrus
the Great as "the
annointed of the Lord."Cyrus the great conquers
all of Asia MinorCyrus the Great dies in Battle
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