Cyrus the great was the founder of the Achaemenid empire otherwise known as the Persian empire, Cyrus the great was also known as Cyrus II. When he founded the Achaemenid emperor he was around 20 years old. He founded the Persian empire by uniting the Medes and the Persians, the two original Iranian tribes. His goal when he became king was to gain power over the Asia Minor and the Mediterranean coast. Cyrus was known to be the greatest conqueror and at one point he controlled the greatest empire ever seen. How he keep his empire from rebelling against him was when he conquered the land he would allow Cyrus the great's empire at its biggest them to keep their own customs, and that is how his empire remained so strong. That is the reason why he was the first leader to be called the great. Also he help his entire empire communicate with him by creating the first postal system in the world because he had such a large empire. “Croesus of Lydia, Nabonidus of …show more content…
After crossing the Oxus, he reached the Jaxartes. Then he built towns with the objective of defending the frontier of his kingdom from Iranian nomadic tribes from Central Asia like the Scythian. The do not know all of Cyrus' eastern conquests, he could have extended as far as modern Peshawar, Pakistan. He headed west to attack Babylon after all of his eastern victories. “On October 29 he entered Babylon, arrested Nabonidus and assumed the title of "King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the world". Almost immediately he then extended his control over the Arabian peninsula and the Levant also quickly submitted to Persian rule. Although Cyrus did not conquer Egypt, by 535BCE all the lands up to the Egyptian borders had acceded to Persian dominance.” Found on cyrusthegreat.net. His newly conquered territories were ruled by satraps. Administration, legislation and cultural activities of each province are what the governments had full responsibility