This ruler's forces defeated Nabonidus at the Battle of Opis, part of a series of conquests that eliminated other kingdoms such as Media and Lydia.
A son of this ruler may have been killed by an impostor named Gaumata, who then took the throne. This king set up a banquet to entrap a general named Spargapises, who got drunk and was captured; that general's mother may have had this king's corpse beheaded and was named Tomyris. This king created perhaps the oldest known charter of (*) human rights, a declaration found on his namesake cylinder. This ruler's forces defeated Nabonidus at the Battle of Opis, part of a series of conquests that eliminated other kingdoms such as Media and Lydia. As documented in the Book of Ezra, this ruler's edict of restoration ended the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. For 10 points, name this Persian ruler, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
A son of this ruler may have been killed by an impostor named Gaumata, who then took the throne.
Cyrus the Great [or Cyrus II; or Cyrus the Elder] &lt;Cheyne&gt;