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Cyrus the Great was the founder and first king of Achaemenid Persia. Darius was the son-in-law of Cyrus and was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, ruling the empire at it's greatest.

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Cyrus was conquering west from Persia, Alexander was conquering east from Greece.

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