This leader joined forces with Harpagus to capture the city of Ecbatana after leading a revolt against the Median king Astyages [as-TY-uh-jeez].
This leader joined forces with Harpagus to capture the city of Ecbatana after leading a revolt against the Median king Astyages [as-TY-uh-jeez]. This leader also lowered the water level of the Euphrates River to conquer King Nabonidus. In an earlier campaign, this leader used a corps of smelly camels to scatter enemy cavalry, defeating Croesus [KREE-suss] of Lydia at the Siege of Sardis. That battle came soon after this man's victory at Thymbra and a few years before this leader ended the Babylonian Captivity. Name this "great" ruler from the sixth century BC who extended the Achaemenid Empire, also known as the Persian Empire.
This leader joined forces with Harpagus to capture the city of Ecbatana after leading a revolt against the Median king Astyages [as-TY-uh-jeez].
Cyrus the Great [or Cyrus II or Cyrus the Elder; prompt on Cyrus before "this 'great' ruler" and accept it alone thereafter]