This leader probably died fighting the Massagetae east of the Aral Sea and was buried at his capital Pasargadae, where his tomb survives to this day.
This leader probably died fighting the Massagetae east of the Aral Sea and was buried at his capital Pasargadae, where his tomb survives to this day. The son of Mandane and Cambyses, he overthrew the Medians, conquered Babylon in 539, thus ending the Babylonian Captivity, and established a vast empire by defeating Croesus of Lydia. FTP, who was this founder of the Persian empire?
This leader probably died fighting the Massagetae east of the Aral Sea and was buried at his capital Pasargadae, where his tomb survives to this day.
Cyrus the Great or Cyrus II