Cyrus the Great Founds an Empire 550BCE- Cyrus began his conquest of several neighboring kingdoms in Iran… Persians eventually extended rule from the Indus River in the east to Anatolia in the west 2,000 mile empire Soldiers were armed with short bows, which they shot from mountain ponies String of victories- 550 to 539BCE conquered the entire Fertile Crescent Cyrus’s most enduring legacy was his method of governing Very tolerant of conquered peoples…didn’t his soldiers to loot and pillage
Cyrus the Great Founds an Empire 550BCE- Cyrus began his conquest of several neighboring kingdoms in Iran… Persians eventually extended rule from the Indus River in the east to Anatolia in the west 2,000 mile empire Soldiers were armed with short bows, which they shot from mountain ponies String of victories- 550 to 539BCE conquered the entire Fertile Crescent Cyrus’s most enduring legacy was his method of governing Very tolerant of conquered peoples…didn’t his soldiers to loot and pillage
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