Cyrus the Great was a persian king who took over his father's placement, Cambyses I King of the Anshan, in 559 BC after his death. He was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire in the near East. He pieced his empire together with conquest ann diplomacy. Cyrus is named after his grandfather, which means “shepherd,” but his name has no connection or meaning to the shepherds and the skills of a warrior mixed with a statesman. Not shortly after he was born his mother died and his family was deciding to move on othergrounds. HIs father was describes as a stubborn king, he wasn’t pleased by the idea, and he would only move if the Three Tribes said yes or no.
Cyrus grew up with highlanders and they believed they were more superior than the plain beneath them. All highlanders had this belief but not sure why or when it started. Growing up, Cyrus was taught by his father that the truth is very important. To tell the truth is something
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His main rival was the Medes and he had to bow before the Median King. He no longer could take being ruled over the Medes and planned to defeat the Medes by having the leader of Harpauges leave his tribe to help Cryus defeat the Medes army in 549 BC. After defeating the army, the Medes and Persians joined together under Cyrus’s new Persian Empire. This was his first victory. His empire has expanded from the Aegan Sea to the Indus River. Cyrus’s goal was to reach to Egypt, but he died before he completed the quest. Part of his new victory, he had in mind of taking his new empire to Asia Minor and the Lydian Empire. Cyrus was intrigued in these two for the reason of their wealthy natural resources, but this wasnt an easy conquest. Cyrus the Great lost to his opponent, Croesus the king of Lydia, and suffered heavy losses. Eventually, Cryues pushed them back to Sadis, and continued to seize and defeat Lydian forces at the battle of