Conquests of Cyrus the Great (jan 1, 549 BC – jan 1, 530 BC)
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Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia and the Caucasus. From the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus the Great created the largest empire the world had yet seen.Estimated Deaths: 100,000
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jan 1, 549 BC
jan 1, 530 BC
~ 19 years