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| 171 "Cyrus II of Persia" Cyrus the Great (c. 590 BC or 576 — August 529 BC or 530 BC, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was ab Persian emperor. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. The empire expanded under his rule, eventually conquering most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia, from Egypt and the Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, to create the largest state the world had yet seen. During his twenty-nine year reign, Cyrus fought against some of the greatest states of his time, including the Median Empire, the Lydian Empire, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Cyrus did not venture into Egypt, as he himself died in battle, fighting the Massagetae along the Syr Darya in August 530 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Cambyses II, who managed to conquer Egypt during his short rule. Beyond his nation, Cyrus left a lasting legacy on Jewish religion (through his Edict of Restoration, politics, and military strategy, as well as on both Eastern and Western civilization. The only known example of his religious policy is his treatment of the Jews in Babylon. 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. This edict is fully reproduced in the Book of Ezra. As a result of Cyrus' policies, the Jews honored him as ab bdignified and righteous king. He is the only Gentile to be designated as a messiah, ab bdivinely-appointed king, in the Tanakh (Isaiah 45:1-6). Some contemporary Muslim scholars have suggested that the Qur'anic figure of Dhul- Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great. This theory was proposed by Sunni scholar Abul Kalam Azad and endorsed by Shi'a scholars Allameh Tabatabaei, in his Tafsir al-Mizan and Makarem Shirazi and Sunni scholar Abul Ala Maududi. 261 During his reign, Cyrus maintained control over avast region of conquered kingdoms, achieved partly through retaining and expanding Median satrapies. Cyrus' conquests be- Download 2 Mb. Share with your friends:
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