WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Under his rule, the empire embraced all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus succeeded his father to the throne in 549 BC and began a period of political, social, and economic growth unparalleled in Persian history, an era now referred to as the Persian orAchaemenid Empire. During his reign, Cyrus conquered the Median, the Lydian and the Neo-Babylonian empires.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.