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The Persians were a tribe in the land east of what we now call the Persian Gulf. They were subservient to the Medes. Cyrus reversed this and used the combined strength of Media and Persia to overcome the Babylonian Empire. This left border problems to the east and west so he continued subduing these threats and opportunities until his death in the wars.
His son Cambyses took on Egypt and Libya, and successor Darius the Great stabilised the empire, adding small areas just to form defensible borders.
Cyrus the Great conquered other territories because he had the power to do so.
Historically, there was the "Right to Conquest" which was a pervasive idea in political thought. The idea was that it was natural for any country or state to grow and control more territory as it grew stronger. This allowed weaker states to dissolve in place of ones that were better run, a bureaucratic version of "survival of the fittest". The "Right to Conquest" prevailed as the dominant theory of nation-building until the mid-1800s when people started bringing up the concept of self-sovereignty and ethnic nationalism, which held the idea that people should govern themselves even if they are not the most powerful in the world. This view of state sovereignty has become dominant today and the Right to Conquest is seen as incorrect.
Since the Cyrus the Great lived well within the Right to Conquest Period, he did not have to assert a reason to conquer neighboring territories in Southwest Asia. It was his natural prerogative.
To expand their empire, wealth, power and religion!
Because it was bequeathed to him by his father Philip II of Macedonia. The plan was Philip's, but on the eve of his departure he was assassinated. His son Alexander then took over the project. Philip decided to conquer the Persian Empire because, having brought mainland Greece under control, Persia offered a target for his boundless ambition. His son Alexander inherited boundless ambition.
The Spaniards were wanted to conquer the Aztecs and take all of their property, and the Aztecs didn't want that.
Cyrus the Great was a king of Persia. Under his rule (559 BCE - 530 BCE), Persia tremendously expanded its borders and conquered much of Southwest Asia. At the time of his reign, this was the largest empire the world had ever seen. To this day it is the fourteenth largest empire the world has ever seen.
Montezuma thought that Cortes and the Spanish were gods so he treated them nicely until he found out that the Spanish want to conquer Aztec.
Yes, in fact he was the first ever to conquer all of Greece.
Harald Hardraada wanted to conquer England and rebuild the great viking king, Cnut's kingdom.
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Saint Philip did not want to conquer Italy and was in no position to do so.
Because there was much gold there to find.
Because there was much gold there to find.
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No one knows. And besides, she loves her job so much, she says she would never want to retire.
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