530 bce), also known as cyrus the great, was the fourth king of anshan and the first king of the achaemenid empire Hailing from persis, he brought the achaemenid dynasty to power. Cyrus led several military campaigns against the most powerful kingdoms of the time, including media, lydia, and babylonia.
On the death of his father, cambyses i, cyrus ruled the.
Cyrus ii, known as cyrus the great, was the founder of the persian empire
One of his most powerful rivals was the famously wealthy croesus, king of lydia. Cyrus the great, the first achaemenian emperor, founded persia by uniting the two original iranian tribes, the medes and persians, in 549 b.c.e Cyrus’s name in old persian was kurush, which probably meant “old dog” or possibly just “son” in a local dialect. Cyrus ii of persia, commonly known as cyrus the great, was the founder of the achaemenid empire