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Cyrus the Great

CYRUS THE GREAT

590 - 529 BC

Cyrus the Great is considered the founder of the Persian Empire. He started as a simple ruler in southwestern Iran, but after a series of victories he was able to defeat three great empires: (the Medes, Lydia, and Babylon) and united most of the countries of the Middle East into one country that extends across the Mediterranean.

Cyrus was born around 590 B.C., in the province of Persis (now called Persia) in southwestern Iran, a province of the Medes Empire.

Cyrus came from a family of local chiefs who were followers
(For the king of the Medes).

The Persian tradition tells of the origin of Cyrus, which is interesting and somewhat similar to the myth of the origin of the Greek Oedipus. Before the birth of Cyrus, Astyagos, the grandfather of Codchen, dreamed that his grandson would overthrow him and overthrow him in the future. Therefore, the king commanded that the child be killed as soon as he was born, but the employee who was entrusted with him to complete this bloody work softened his heart. Instead, he handed him over to a shepherd and his wife, and ordered them to kill the child. But the shepherd and his wife did not want to kill him and raised him as their two sons. Finally, after the child grew up, he overthrew the king and overthrew him.

The details of this story mentioned by the historian Herodotus seem to be a figment of imagination, because we do know the details of Cyrus' first life, but it is known that he was around 558 BC. M. Cyrus succeeded his father, Cambyses I, as king of Persia, but he was a follower of the king of the Medes. In about 553 BC, Cyrus rebelled against his master, and after a war that lasted for three years, he succeeded in overthrowing him. The Medes and Persians were closely related, whether by origin, origin or language. Since Cyrus kept most of the laws of the Medes as well as their administrative traditions, therefore, the Medes accepted his rule and considered it a family change rather than a foreign conquest.

Cyrus showed his thirst for conquests, and his first target was the Lydian Empire in Asia Minor, which was ruled by King Chrysius (Qarun), and he was a king of legendary imaginary wealth. However, Cyrus' iron was able to overcome Chrysius' gold, and in 546 BC, Cyrus had defeated the Lydian Empire and taken Chrysius captive.

Then, Cyrus turned his attention to the east and beyond. Campaigns All the lands of eastern Iran were subject to him and became part of his new empire.

Now that he had protected his back, he was able to devote himself to the richest booty, which is the neighboring rich Babylonian empire that not only ruled the Mesopotamian region, but was in control of the entire fertile crescent in the Middle East. The Babylonian ruler was not loved by his people. When the armies of Cyrus advanced, the Babylonian forces were not ready to fight, so Babylon surrendered in 539 BC. M without a fight, and thus Syria and Palestine became affiliated with Cyrus, and Cyrus spent the following years consolidating his power and reorganizing the new empire, but he got involved in a battle with one of the tribes that led to his killing in 529 BC

After the death of Cyrus, his son Qambir II succeeded him, who rushed to resume the war with the tribes that had killed his father near the Caspian Sea. He recovered his father's body and buried it in Pasar Gadi, the ancient Persian capital.

Cyrus was an excellent military leader, but the important thing is the moderate personality in his rule. He was tolerant. With local religions and local national customs and traditions. But he was forced to use violence in his conquests matter. All other conquerors.