Cyrus the Great
By Jacob Abbott
- Release Date: 1879-10-31
- Genre: Ancient History
Description
Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid 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.
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4By Blud KnightQuick readFalsifying history
1By nilo94It’s a shame someone who wants to write a book about such a great character as Cyrus doesn’t bother himself to Analyse his resources Let me correct him: he mentioned that Persians didn’t write much about their history and therefore he refers to Greek historian in this book: Totally False, in fact Persians had the most honest historians who would record events in details, and in several languages. The true reason why there is no writing about the Persian emperors is that when Arabs invaded Persia they burned all the history books and all the libraries on purpose, so that the Persians would lose their history and Identity forever. That’s what happened. Greek were Persians arch rivals at that time, therefore Greek sources are most likely affected by their prejudice against Persian Emperors. I was disappointed from the beginning of the bookThe perfectest king ever
5By Best universal bestRead it and enjoy . He's the best king ever amazingly kind and wise.
