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Why Did King Cyrus Grow The Limits Of Persia
The time depicted in the medium was during the Achaemenid Empire which was the Persian Empire, established by Cyprus the great. 550-479 BCE and the Arabian Peninsula 1000 B.C. first century A.D. The Persian empire was greater than Assyrian and stretched from Egypt to Arabia across Mesopotamia and the Indus river. Persia today the nation of Iran and when Cyprus was conquering the nearing regions. During 539 B.C.E., King Cyrus chose to grow the limits of Persia. He started by vanquishing Babylon. Cyrus was different from other conquerors who ruled and dictated people but Cyrus was known for his kindness to all the people and regions he conquered especially the Jews who were treated unfairly. Cyrus did not transform the people into slaves and

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