Leaders of the Persian Empire?
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Cyrus the greatCyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire. He was the son of an Iranian noble, the elder Cambyses, and a Median princess, daughter of Astyages. Many historians, following other ancient writers (such as Ctesias), deny this genealogy, and the whole of Cyrus' life is encrusted with legend. Cyrus overthrew Astyages, king of the Medes, sometime between 559 B.C. and 549 B.C
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Darius the greatDarius I, king of ancient Persia through 521–486 B.C., called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or Vishtaspa). A distant cousin of Cambyses II. he succeeded to the throne after the fall of the impostor claiming to be Smerdis. The first years of his reign were spent in putting down revolts in Persia, Media, Babylonia, and the East. He then proved himself the true successor of Cyrus the Great and one of the most able of the Achaemenids by revising and increasing Cyrus' use of the satrapies. |
Xerxes The great Xerxes I, king of ancient Persia 486–465 B.C.. His name in Old Persian is Khshayarsha, in the Bible Ahasuerus. He was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. After bringing 484 BC. Egypt once more under Persian rule, Xerxes prepared for an invasion of Greece by constructing a bridge of boats across the Hellespont and cutting a canal through the isthmus of Athos.
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