CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Athens
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Crete
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Mesopotamia
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Sparta
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 540 BC Cyrus the Great captured the kingdom of Elam in eastern Mesopotamia so that his kingdom now bordered the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Today on October 29, 539 BCE, Cyrus the Great captures the ancient city of Babylon, signaling the start of the First Persian Empire. Cyrus II, known as Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid Empire or the First Persian Empire.