Cyrus the Great was the ruler who greatly extended Persian Empire. He was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
Darius III.
Cyrus the Great.
King Darius I (the Great).
King of Kings (Shahanshah).
Cyrus the Great was the ruler who greatly extended Persian Empire. He was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great.
Son of Cyrus, Ruler of the Persian Empire.
Darius III.
Cyrus the Great.
King Darius I (the Great).
King of Kings (Shahanshah).
Cyrus, the Persian ruler, was called the Great because he was the founder of the Persian Empire. He also conquered many empires that included the Median Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. His reign lasted from 559 to 530 B.C.
Darius I.
Alexander the Great was not Persian, he was Macedonian. He took over the Persian Empire and made it into a Macedonian Empire. His successors split up his empire among them and created what we today call the Hellenistic Kingdoms, which included Syria-Mesopotamia, Egypt and Macedonia.
Their ruler was an hereditary king.