According to Herodotus, in 550 BCE this Middle Eas
According to Herodotus, in 550 BCE this Middle Eastern king overthrew the Median Empire and annexed their kingdom. Shortly thereafter, he conquered Lydia in Asia Minor, to be followed by Babylon and all of Mesopotamia by 539 BCE. FTP, name this Achaemenid king, who had created the largest empire in the world when he was named the first King of Kings of the Persian Empire.
According to Herodotus, in 550 BCE this Middle Eastern king overthrew the Median Empire and annexed their kingdom.
{Cyrus} the Great