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What great ruler united the Medes and the Persians to begin the Persian empire?
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king Cyrus was the ruler who united the Persians into a powerful kingdom
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Who started the the Persian Empire?
The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.
Was Darius the mede king of the Persian Empire black?
No - Darius I was not a Mede, he was Persian. And Persians and Medes were not black, they were Indo-European.
Whose victory against the Medes marked the begining of the Persian Empire?
Cyrus the Great dominated the Medes, and the combined power launched the spread of the Persians into their own empire.
How did Cyrus the Great conquer the Medes?
The Persians had been part of the Median empire, he took it over and made the Medes his partner in establishing the Persian Empire through the Middle East and Central Asia.
What group did the Persians conquer?
The Persian Empire incorporated Libyans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Mesopotamians, Medes, Persians, Indians and several other lesser peoples.
What cultural groups did the Persians conquer?
The Persian Empire incorporated Libyans, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Mesopotamians, Medes, Persians, Indians and several other lesser peoples.
How did Cyrus the Great change the Persian Empire?
Cyrus the Great led the Persians, then subject to the Medes, into dominating them, and with this combined strength took over the Babylonian Empire and turned this into an empire of his own.
Were the medes and the Persians brought together by peaceful conditions or by means of force?
The House of Achemaenid Persians and its founder Cyrus brought together the Median Empire which was the successor of the Neo Assyrian Empire and the later known as Persian Empire by acts of war.
Why did Assyria fall to Persian and Medes?
The premise of this question, namely that Assyria was defeated by the Persians and/or Medes is incorrect. The Assyrian Empire was only ever defeated by the Babylonian Empire. These defeats were brought about by internal strife within the Assyrian Kingdom. The Persians were able to conquer Babylon and acquire the previously conquered Assyria.
Who were the first people that the Persians conquered making their empire?
The Medes.
What was the reason for Persian Empire?
The Persian tribes were part of the empire of the Medes. The Persians under their king Cyrus the Great took over the Medes, and used combined strength to take over the Babylonian Empire and then Asia Minor and central Asia. Under Cyrus and his successors Cambyses and Darius, it spread to Egypt and Thrace. It brought a degree of peace and prosperity to the warring tribes and states in the region.
What was the capital of the Persian Empire in 650 BCE?
There was no Persian Empire in 650 BCE. The Persian tribe was tributory to the Medes until after 550 BCE.
