CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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Hammurabi
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Assurbanipal
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Cyrus the Great
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cyrus the Great (d. c. 530 bc), king of Persia 559–530 bc and founder of the Achaemenid dynasty, father of Cambyses. He defeated the Median empire in 550 bc and went on to conquer Asia Minor, Babylonia, Syria, Palestine, and most of the Iranian plateau.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Persian Empire emerged under the leadership of Cyrus II, who conquered the neighboring Median Empire ruled by his grandfather. From then on Cyrus was called the “shah, ‘’ or king, of Persia. Eventually he was known as Cyrus the Great.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: , Xšāça, lit. ‘The Empire’ or ‘The Kingdom’) was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC, known also as the First Persian Empire.