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Cyrus Cylinder    The Cyrus Cylinder  Through a series of
lessons, students will investigate the Cyrus Cylinder and its
message in the context of history and their world today.  45
minutes per lesson Keyword Results:   Cyrus II of Persia (Cyrus
the Great) expanded the Persian Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BCE)
to reach from Central Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean,
creating the largest empire the world had ever seen. These
lessons unpack Cyrus’ legacy through close examination of one of
the most famous objects of the ancient world, the Cyrus
Cylinder. These lessons consider not only the history of the
Empire, but also the ways in which the Cyrus Cylinder has been
interpreted since its discovery in 1879 CE.  Lesson 1:
Investigating the Cyrus Cylinder: K-W-L  Lesson 2: Comparing
Perspectives: The Legacy of Cyrus the Great   Lesson 3:  Cyrus
Symbols  Lesson 4: with Ala Ebtekar  Lesson 5: Usi