but also in the book of Esther. Cyrus the Great (r.550-530 BCE), founder of the Achaemenid Empire captured it around 540-539 BCE, and under his son Cambyses II (r.530-522 BCE) it became one of the ...

Born about 600 BCE in what is now southwestern Iran, Cyrus “the Great” is considered the founder of the Persian Achaemenid empire. He is remembered as “the Great” to distinguish him from his ...