WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -He founded the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, in 550 B.C. The first Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great soon became the world’s first superpower.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Achaemenid Persian Empire first expanded under the leadership of Cyrus the Great, who utilized a strategy of religious and cultural toleration to maintain order.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cyrus II of Persia ( c. 600–530 BC; Old Persian: Kūruš), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its formation began in 550 B.C., when King Astyages of Media, who dominated much of Iran and eastern Anatolia (Turkey), was defeated by his southern neighbor Cyrus II (“the Great”), king of Persia (r. 559–530 B.C.).