Important dates of Cyrus the
Great's life:
Birth: C. 590-580 BCE
Became first Achaemenian Persian Ruler: 558 BCE
Cyrus the Great defeats his supposed grandfather Astyages (Ruler
of Medes): 549 BCE
Cyrus the Great adds the Ionian city-states of Greece to Persian
Empire: 546 BCE
Cyrus the Great Conquers the Lydian Empire: 546
BCE
Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonia absorbing Babylon into the Persian
Empire: 539 BCE
Cyrus the Great absorbs Phoenicia into the Persian Empire:
539 BCE
After Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonia, he allows the Jews to return
to Palesitine: 537 BCE
Jews regard Cyrus the Great as "the annointed of the Lord.":
537 BCE
Cyrus the great conquers all of Asia Minor: 530 BCE
Cyrus the Great dies in Battle: 530
BCE
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