Facts about Cyrus
Harpagus, seeking vengeance, convinced Cyrus to rally the Persian people, who were then in a state of vassalage to the Medes, to revolt, which occurred between 554 B.C.E.
Astyages was more lenient with Cyrus, and allowed him to return to his biological parents, Cambyses and Mandane.
Eurocentricism has led many to overlook Cyrus' contribution to governance, such as administrative divisions.
Inscriptions indicate that when the latter died, two of his sons shared the throne as Cyrus I of Anshan and Ariaramnes of Persia.
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Through his Cyropaedia, Cyrus's notions of human rights influenced the U.S. Constitution—Thomas Jefferson owned two copies of this text.
An imposter named Gaumata, claiming to be Smerdis, became the sole ruler of Persia for seven months, until he was killed by Darius the Great, the grandson of Arsames, who ruled Persia before Cyrus' rise.
After the birth of Cyrus, Astyages had a dream that his Magi (seers} interpreted as a sign that his grandson would eventually overthrow him.
According to Ctesias, Cyrus the Great married a daughter of Astyages, which seems unlikely, as his wife would also be his aunt.
Cyrus maintained control over a vast region of kingdoms by organizing the empire into provinces called satrapies.
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After Cyrus' death, his son eldest son, Cambyses II, succeeded him as king of Persia.
Like his predecessors before him, Cyrus had to recognize Median overlordship.
Ctesias reports only that Cyrus met his death in the year 529 B.C.E., while warring against tribes northeast of the headwaters of the Tigris.
From their union, Mandane bore only one son, Cyrus II, better known today as Cyrus the Great, whom Cambyses named after the child's grandfather.
Centuries later, the administrative techniques created by Cyrus and his successors Darius I and Xerxes I, including the satrapy system of local governorship were adopted by the Greeks and Romans.
The name Cyrus is a Latin transliteration of the Greek language, which is a version of the Old Persian Kourosh or Khorvash.
Prior to Cyrus' invasion of Babylon, the Babylonian Empire had conquered many kingdoms.
Little is known of Cyrus' early years, as the sources detailing that part of his life are few in number, and many have been damaged or lost.
On October 29, Cyrus himself entered the city of Babylon and arrested Nabonidus.
The queen of the Massagetae, Tomyris, who had assumed control after Cyrus had defeated Tomyris' son Spargapises, led the attack.
Cyrus was exemplary for upholding universal religious freedom; he is perhaps most widely known for allowing the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple.
to 549 B.C.E., with the help of Harpagus, Cyrus led his armies to capture Ecbatana, and effectively conquered the Median Empire.
Entitled The Garden of Cyrus, it may well be a Royalist criticism upon the autocratic rule of Oliver Cromwell.
After the battle, Tomyris ordered the body of Cyrus to be found, and then dipped his head in blood to avenge the death of her son at his hands.
During the winter, before the allies could unite, Cyrus besieged Croesus in his capital, Sardes.
The Persian forces suffered heavy casualties, including Cyrus himself.
Upon taking Babylon, Cyrus issued a declaration inscribed on a clay barrel, known today as the Cyrus Cylinder.
Before returning to the capital, a Lydian named Pactyes was entrusted by Cyrus to send Croesus' treasury to Persia.
Through Thomas Jefferson, who possessed two editions of Cyrus's Cyropaedia, Cyrus influenced the U.S. Constitution.
Cyrus' conquests began a new era in the age of empire building where a large superstate, comprising many dozens of countries, races, and languages, were ruled under a single administration headed by a central government.
Cyrus also had several daughters, of whom Atossa is significant, as she later married Darius the Great and was mother of Xerxes I of Persia.
Before leaving Babylon, Cyrus also freed the Israelites by allowing them to return to their native land, effectively ending the Babylonian captivity.
According to the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great, Cyrus' dominions must have comprised the largest empire the world had seen yet.
Koresh (Hebrew for Cyrus) is a common name for streets in Israel and is a relatively common Israeli family name.
Cyrus had two sons, Cambyses II and Smerdis, who both later separately ruled Persia for a short period of time.
When Cyrus was ten years old, Herodotus claims that it was obvious that Cyrus was not a herdsman's son, stating that his behavior was too noble.
Arsames would live to see his grandson become Darius the Great, Shahanshah of Persia, after the deaths of both of Cyrus' sons.
According to Herodotus, Cyrus spared Croesus' life and kept him as an advisor, but this account conflicts with the contemporary Nabonidus Chronicle, which records that the king of Lydia was slain.
The Bible records that a remnant of the Jewish population returned to the Promised Land from Babylon, following an edict from Cyrus to rebuild the Temple.
Subsequent to his father's death in 559 B.C.E., Cyrus became king of Anshan.
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Cyrus (Old Persian Kourosh or Khorvash, modern Persian: ?????, Kourosh) (ca.