CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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establishing harsh military rule.
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limiting travel between provinces.
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treating conquered people fairly.
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building strong fortresses in each conquered land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -His empire, stretching from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River, was the largest that had ever existed at the time of his rule. Cyrus pieced his kingdom together using a mixture of conquest and diplomacy, attesting to his skills as a warrior and a statesman.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus the Great showed unusual amounts of clemency to the peoples and cities he conquered. One of the most famous examples of this was the mercy he showed towards the ancient Israelites, whom he allowed to return from exile in Mesopotamia to their ancestral homeland.
Detailed explanation-3: -His conquests included the three major powers of his time: the Medes in northern Iran, the kingdom of Lydia in Anatolia, and the Babylonian Empire that encompassed Mesopotamia as well as much of the Levant.